Mixed lot of gold weights, pendants and rings · Ghana, Akan · ID: 3051004
Description
16 pcs., brass, thirteen gold weights: a) six swords (l: 8.2 cm - 11.4 cm), b) four gold weights with bird motifs (h: 3.3 cm - 4.2 cm), c) one horn (l: 4.5 cm), d) one hoe (l: 4.5 cm); e) one fish (l: 5.4 cm); f) pendant in the shape of a composite creature of fish and chameleon (w: 6.8 cm)
in addition:
g) chameleon ring, Côte d’Ivoire, Senufo, d: 2.3 cm; h) ring with antelope head, Bobo, Burkina Faso, d: 2 cm
The object Mixed lot of gold weights, pendants and rings with the object ID 3051004 was part of the auction Auction 103 on November 16, 2024, lot number 23 at that time and is currently available for EUR 1,500 in Open sale.
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Publications
Meyer, Piet, Kunst und Religion der Lobi, Zürich 1981, p. 173, ill. 239 top (f)