Six goldweights: figures · Ghana, Akan · ID: 3036352
sold
EUR 150
Provenance
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)Description
brass, with patina, magician offering a cock to the “nkabere” fetish (h: 4 cm); female figure carrying a child on the back (h: 5 cm); hornblower (h: 4,4 cm); hungry man (h: 3,7 cm): proverb: “The intestines do not cooperate with the stomach”; armed man with calabashes (h: 4 cm); squatting monkey (h: 3 cm)
The object Six goldweights: figures with the object ID 3036352 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 347 achieved a sales price of EUR 150.
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