One blow pan and three gold dust spoons ·  Ghana, Akan · ID: 3036278

Description

blow pan, l: 15 cm, beaten sheet brass, corroded; three gold dust spoons, beaten silver metal sheet, l: 12,5 cm - 17,5 cm, engraved and chiselled patterns;
since the value of the currency was established by weighing, the purity of the gold dust was of great importance. For its purification specially formed blow pans were used. They allowed the elimination of lighter particles. Feathers and small brushes were used for collecting the gold dust, which was moved by means of a spoon with a long handle.

The object One blow pan and three gold dust spoons with the object ID 3036278 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 228 achieved a sales price of EUR 250.

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