Fourteen gold weights cast from natural forms · Ghana, Akan · ID: 3052842
Starting price
EUR 1,000
Estimated price
EUR 2,000
Provenance
Arts Afrique, Lomé, Togo (a,g,i)Alex Vömel, Düsseldorf, Germany (b, d, e, f, h)
Herbert F. Rieser, London, UK (c)
Gero Schmitz-Lehanne, Krefeld, Germany (1972-1974) (a-l)
Description
copper alloy (bronze, brass),
a) crab leg, l: 3.1 cm
b) crab leg, l: 3.1 cm
c) fruit seed, h: 1.8 cm
d) palm wood-borer beetle, l: 4.4 cm
e) apple-like fruit, h: 2.2 cm
f) crab, old collection no. “31”, l: 2.7 cm
g) crab leg (?), l: 3.4 cm
h) kola nut fruit cluster, h: 3.8 cm
i) fruit cluster, h: 2.5 cm
j) three groundnuts, h: 3.1 - 5.2 cm
k) seashell, h: 2.4 cm
l) gourd, h: 2.4 cm