Goldweights: Two shields · Ghana, Akan · ID: 3039397
sold
EUR 350
Provenance
Karlheinz Kreitz, Düsseldorf, GermanySize
H: 7,5 cm & 4 cm
H: 3.0 inch & 1.6 inch
Description
brass, the bigger shield with handwritten collection number on the back side, min. dam., small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion
The object Goldweights: Two shields with the object ID 3039397 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 264 achieved a sales price of EUR 350.
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Comparing literature
von Graffenried, Charlotte, Akan Goldgewichte im Bernischen Historischen Museum, Wabern-Bern 1990, p. 108, pl. 20