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”.


The object Goldweight : hunter with the object ID 3036340 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 342 achieved a sales price of EUR 450.

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Comparing literature

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


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