Pectoral disc "akrafokonmu" ("soul washers badge") · Ghana, Akan / Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3045207
sold
EUR 1,000
Provenance
René David, Zurich, SwitzerlandRoland Hartmann, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Size
D: 9cm / 9,5 cm
D: 9cm / 3.7 inch
Description
gold alloy, ca. 0,400 (9,6 carat), weight: 72,5 g, with rhomb, gold casting in wax thread technique
The object Pectoral disc “akrafokonmu” (“soul washers badge”) with the object ID 3045207 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 155 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,000.
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Expertise
Nr. 426, Eidgenössisches Kontrollamt für Edelmetalle, Zurich, 29.4.1991