Gold ornament ·  Ghana, Akan / Côte d'Ivoire, Baule/ Lagoon people · ID: 3041972

Description

wax thread disc with delicate spiral pattern on both sides, fine toothed rim, slightly dam., base;
the concentrical circles are called “tadee” or ponds, for they remind of the circular waves occuring when an object is thrown into calm water. Research assumes a connection with the purifying rites of soul washing.

The object Gold ornament with the object ID 3041972 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 224.

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Comparing literature

Museum Liaunig (Hg.), Das Gold der Akan, Neuhaus o.J., S. 30