Pectoral disc "akrafokonmu" ("soul washers badge") · Ghana, Akan / Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3045193
sold
EUR 1,000
Provenance
René David, Zurich, SwitzerlandRoland Hartmann, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Size
D: 10 cm
D: 3.9 inch
Description
gold alloy, ca. 0,280 (6,72 carat), weight: 96,1 g, wax thread technique, cast defects on the transverse thread tunnel on the back
The concentrical circles are called “tadee” or ponds, for they remind of the circular waves occuring when an object is thrown into calm water. Research assumes a connection with the purifying rites of soul washing.
Expertise
Nr. 84, Eidgenössisches Kontrollamt für Edelmetalle, Zurich, 11.1.1990
Comparing literature
Museum Liaunig (Hg.), Das Gold der Akan, Neuhaus o.J., S. 30