Goldweight: trophy head

Ghana, Akan

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

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

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

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