Goldweight: ornamental fish · Ghana, Akan · ID: 3036327
sold
EUR 300
Provenance
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)Size
B: 5,5 cm
B: 2.2 inch
Description
brass, with patina, flat body with bow-shaped projecting dorsal- and breast fins, min. missing parts
The object Goldweight: ornamental fish with the object ID 3036327 was part of the auction 76th tribal art auction on March 22, 2014. The object with the lot number 382 achieved a sales price of EUR 300 with an asking price of EUR 150.
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Comparing literature
Phillips, Tom, African Goldweights, London 2010, p. 155, ill. 297