Goldweight: beetle ·  Ghana, Akan · ID: 3036261

Description

brass, cast from nature;
a beetle, already perfectly formed by nature, replaced a wax model. After the intense heat had turned the beetle into dust, its ashes would be shaken and blown away through the channel left by the melted sprue. Since the beetle, with its variety of species, is the most common example this technique has become referred to as the “lost beetle” process.

The object Goldweight: beetle with the object ID 3036261 was part of the auction 76th tribal art auction on March 22, 2014. The object with the lot number 373 achieved a sales price of EUR 400 with an asking price of EUR 300.

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Comparing literature

Phillips, Tom, African Goldweights, London 2010, p. 39

Publications

Büse, J.E., Akan-Goldgewichte: Eine Kultur in Bronze, in: Sammler-Journal 2 (1979), p. 79