Zemanek-Münster

Goldweights: Eight horns

Ghana, Akan
sold EUR 200
Provenance
Karlheinz Kreitz, Düsseldorf, Germany
Size
L: 2,5 cm - 6 cm
L: 1.0 inch - 2.4 inch

Description

brass, various forms, party adorned with trophies, min. dam., slight traces of corrosion;
proverb: " If a horn deserves a jawbone, they attach one to it."


Comparing literature

von Graffenried, Charlotte, Akan Goldgewichte im Bernischen Historischen Museum, Wabern-Bern 1990, p. 99, pl. 11

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