Goldweight: two gamblers · Ghana, Akan · ID: 3036347
sold
EUR 800
Provenance
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)Size
H: 5,5 cm
L: 6 cm
H: 2.2 inch
L: 2.4 inch
Description
brass, two men sitting opposite to each other, playing the popular “oware” game, min. dam., traces of corrosion; proverb: “If I am to play a game, let it be a wise man.”
Comparing literature
Phillips, Tom, African Goldweights, London 2010, p. 124, ill. 199