Zemanek-Münster

Goldweight : hunter ·  Ghana, Akan · ID: 3036340

sold EUR 450
Provenance
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)
Size
H: 4,5 cm
H: 1.8 inch

Description

brass, with dark patina, holding a rifle in front, attacked by a leopard from the back;
proverb: “Better not to have fired at all than to have shot at a leopard without killing”.


Comparing literature

Menzel, Brigitte, Goldgewichte aus Ghana, Berlin 1968, ill. 886


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