Zemanek-Münster

Goldweight: trophy head ·  Ghana, Akan · ID: 3036266

sold EUR 200
Provenance
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)
Size
H: 5 cm
H: 2.0 inch

Description

brass, hollow form, minor missing part in the cast


The object Goldweight: trophy head with the object ID 3036266 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 312 achieved a sales price of EUR 200.

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Comparing literature

Phillips, Tom, African Goldweights, London 2010, p. 135


Publications

Büse, J.E., Akan-Goldgewichte: Eine Kultur in Bronze, in: Sammler-Journal 2 (1979), p. 80


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