Group of four birds · Ghana, Akan · ID: 3036344
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