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