Gold weight: crab claw · Ghana, Akan · ID: 3036262
sold
EUR 550
Provenance
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)Size
L: 5,3 cm
L: 2.1 inch
Description
brass, cast from nature
The object Gold weight: crab claw with the object ID 3036262 was part of the auction 76th tribal art auction on March 22, 2014. The object with the lot number 381 achieved a sales price of EUR 550 with an asking price of EUR 400.
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Comparing literature
Phillips, Tom, African Goldweights, London 2010, p. 47
Publications
Büse, J.E., Akan-Goldgewichte: Eine Kultur in Bronze, in: Sammler-Journal 2 (1979), p. 81