Six goldweights: anthropomorphic figures · Ghana, Akan · ID: 3036378
sold
EUR 170
Provenance
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)Description
brass, with patina, two weights with magicians offering a cock to the “nkabere” fetish, h: 3,5 cm/4,5 cm; fetish-priest with shrine and sword, h: 4,5 cm; hunter with prey, h: 4,3 cm; man with basket, h: 4,5 cm; man beating a bell, h: 5,5 cm
The object Six goldweights: anthropomorphic figures with the object ID 3036378 was part of the auction 76th tribal art auction on March 22, 2014. The object with the lot number 350 achieved a sales price of EUR 170 with an asking price of EUR 100.
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