Nineteen geometrical goldweights · Ghana, Akan · ID: 3036428
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Provenance
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)Size
L: 1,1 cm - 3,6 cm
L: 0.4 inch - 1.4 inch
Description
brass, flat and massive forms with various design, slightly corroded in some places
The object Nineteen geometrical goldweights with the object ID 3036428 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 284.
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Comparing literature
Menzel, Brigitte, Goldgewichte aus Ghana, Berlin 1968, ill. 240, 291, 355, 411, 458