Seven goldweights: working equipment · Ghana, Akan · ID: 3036385
sold
EUR 130
Provenance
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)Size
L: 1,5 cm - 6 cm
L: 0.6 inch - 2.4 inch
Description
brass, with patina, hoe, blade of a mattock without shaft, two axes, two hammer and one drum stick
The object Seven goldweights: working equipment with the object ID 3036385 was part of the auction 76th tribal art auction on March 22, 2014. The object with the lot number 327 achieved a sales price of EUR 130 with an asking price of EUR 100.
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Comparing literature
Menzel, Brigitte, Goldgewichte aus Ghana, Berlin 1968, ill. 1018