Six goldweights: horns · Ghana, Akan · ID: 3036319
sold
EUR 80
Provenance
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)Size
L: 3,4 cm - 9,5 cm
L: 1.3 inch - 3.7 inch
Description
brass, with patina, in various sizes, partly decorated with trophies
The object Six goldweights: horns with the object ID 3036319 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 311 achieved a sales price of EUR 80.
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Comparing literature
Menzel, Brigitte, Goldgewichte aus Ghana, Berlin 1968, p. 220