Four goldweights: birds · Ghana, Akan · ID: 3039408
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Provenance
Karlheinz Kreitz, Düsseldorf, GermanySize
H: 1 c m - 2,5 cm
H: 1 c m - 1.0 inch
Description
brass, two combined with snakes, min. dam., slight traces of corrosion
The object Four goldweights: birds with the object ID 3039408 was last part of the auction 81st Tribal Art Auction at October 31, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 268.
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Comparing literature
von Graffenried, Charlotte, Akan Goldgewichte im Bernischen Historischen Museum, Wabern-Bern 1990, p. 135, pl. 41