Four goldweights: anthropomorphic figures · Ghana, Akan · ID: 3036379
sold
EUR 200
Provenance
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)Description
brass, with patina, magician offering a cock to the “nkabere” fetish, h: 4,5 cm; maternité, h: 4,5 cm; man with pipe, walking stick and headload, h: 5,2 cm; a man carrying fire wood with axe on top of the bundle, h: 5 cm, missing part (right forearm)
The object Four goldweights: anthropomorphic figures with the object ID 3036379 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 348 achieved a sales price of EUR 200.
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