Nine geometrical goldweights · Ghana, Akan · ID: 3036403
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Provenance
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)Size
L: 1,4 cm - 3,5 cm
L: 0.6 inch - 1.4 inch
Description
brass, various forms and decor (rams horn motive), slight traces of corrosion
The object Nine geometrical goldweights with the object ID 3036403 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 275.
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Comparing literature
Menzel, Brigitte, Goldgewichte aus Ghana, Berlin 1968, ill. 284, 332, 458