Four figural goldweights · Ghana, Ashanti · ID: 3039410
sold
EUR 650
Provenance
Karlheinz Kreitz, Düsseldorf, GermanySize
H: 3,5 cm - 6,5 cm
H: 1.4 inch - 2.6 inch
Description
brass, standing figures shown in every day and sacrificial routines, two with handwritten collection numbers on the bottom, min. dam., traces of corrosion
The object Four figural goldweights with the object ID 3039410 was part of the auction 81st Tribal Art Auction on October 31, 2015. The object with the lot number 282 achieved a sales price of EUR 650 with an asking price of EUR 400.
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Comparing literature
von Graffenried, Charlotte, Akan Goldgewichte im Bernischen Historischen Museum, Wabern-Bern 1990, p. 111, pl. 23