Goldweight: elephant · Ghana, Akan · ID: 3036321
sold
EUR 550
Provenance
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)Size
H: 3,5 cm
L: 6,2 cm
H: 1.4 inch
L: 2.4 inch
Description
brass, min. dam., small missing parts; proverb: “One who follows the track of the elepant never gets wet by the dew on the bushes”.
Comparing literature
Menzel, Brigitte, Goldgewichte aus Ghana, Berlin 1968, ill. 815