Goldweight: crocodile · Ghana, Akan · ID: 3036329
sold
EUR 500
Provenance
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)Size
L: 5,5 cm
L: 2.2 inch
Description
brass, with patina, with prey (fish)
The object Goldweight: crocodile with the object ID 3036329 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 358 achieved a sales price of EUR 500.
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Comparing literature
Menzel, Brigitte, Goldgewichte aus Ghana, Berlin 1968, ill. 658