Pectoral disc "akrafokonmu" ("soul washers badge") · Ghana, Akan / Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3045193
Roland Hartmann, St. Gallen, Switzerland
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.
The object Pectoral disc “akrafokonmu” (“soul washers badge”) with the object ID 3045193 was last part of the auction 91 Tribal Art Auction at March 9, 2019 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 154 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,000.
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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