Seven goldweights: birds · Ghana, Akan · ID: 3036376
sold
EUR 130
Provenance
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)Size
H: 3,4 cm - 4,3 cm
H: 1.3 inch - 1.7 inch
Description
brass, with patina, two cocks, one of them with a knotted body, proverb: “When a cock is drunk it forgets all about the hawk” - “You can’t do without a cock when curing the sick”; parrot on bar; two pair of birds; hornbill, missing part (one of the legs removed); bird with snake-like neck