Zemanek-Münster

Group of four birds

Ghana, Akan
sold EUR 150
Provenance
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)
Size
H: 3 cm
B: 4,5 cm
H: 1.2 inch
B: 1.8 inch

Description

brass, on cross-shaped base, two of them in shape of the mythical “sankofa” bird with the heads looking backwards, with patina


Comparing literature

Phillips, Tom, African Goldweights, London 2010, p. 149

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