Goldweight: Trophy head · Ghana, Ashanti · ID: 3039403
sold
EUR 1,000
Provenance
Karlheinz Kreitz, Düsseldorf, GermanySize
H: 6,5 cm
H: 2.6 inch
Description
brass, hollow form, facial scarifications, min. dam., slight traces of corrosion, base
The object Goldweight: Trophy head with the object ID 3039403 was last part of the auction 81st Tribal Art Auction at October 31, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 281 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,000.
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Comparing literature
von Graffenried, Charlotte, Akan Goldgewichte im Bernischen Historischen Museum, Wabern-Bern 1990, p. 113, ill. 25