Zemanek-Münster

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


The object Seven goldweights: birds with the object ID 3036376 was part of the auction 76th tribal art auction on March 22, 2014. The object with the lot number 369 achieved a sales price of EUR 130 with an asking price of EUR 100.

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