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