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Four figural goldweights
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Lot 282
81st Tribal Art Auction

Four figural goldweights

Ghana, Ashanti
sold EUR 650
Provenance
Karlheinz Kreitz, Düsseldorf, Germany
Size
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

Comparing literature

von Graffenried, Charlotte, Akan Goldgewichte im Bernischen Historischen Museum, Wabern-Bern 1990, p. 111, pl. 23
Africa

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