Goldweight: Trophy head

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Lot 281

81st Tribal Art Auction

Goldweight: Trophy head

Ghana, Ashanti

sold EUR 1,000

Provenance

Karlheinz Kreitz, Düsseldorf, Germany

Size

H: 6,5 cm

H: 2.6 inch

Description

brass, hollow form, facial scarifications, min. dam., slight traces of corrosion, base

Comparing literature

von Graffenried, Charlotte, Akan Goldgewichte im Bernischen Historischen Museum, Wabern-Bern 1990, p. 113, ill. 25

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