Auction 106
Zemanek-Münster
Sword ornament in the form of a trophy head, Ghana, Akan, Ashanti, Size: H: 10 cm B: 9,5 cm (H: 3.9 inch B: 3.7 inch), ID: 3052807
Sword ornament in the form of a trophy head, Ghana, Akan, Ashanti, Size: H: 10 cm B: 9,5 cm (H: 3.9 inch B: 3.7 inch), ID: 3052807 - 2/4 Sword ornament in the form of a trophy head, Ghana, Akan, Ashanti, Size: H: 10 cm B: 9,5 cm (H: 3.9 inch B: 3.7 inch), ID: 3052807 - 3/4 Sword ornament in the form of a trophy head, Ghana, Akan, Ashanti, Size: H: 10 cm B: 9,5 cm (H: 3.9 inch B: 3.7 inch), ID: 3052807 - 4/4
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Lot 288
Auction 106

Sword ornament in the form of a trophy head ·  Ghana, Akan, Ashanti · ID: 3052807

Starting price
EUR 12,000
Estimated price
EUR 24,000
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Provenance
Stephanie Uhart Negret, Santiago de Chile, Chile
Size
H: 10 cm
B: 9,5 cm
H: 3.9 inch
B: 3.7 inch

Description

gold: 9,5 kt, 258 g, min. casting flows

Comparing literature

Ross, Doran H., Gold of the Akan from the Glassell Collection, Houston 2002, p. 75, ill. 3.19

Publications

Oro de Africa - Insignias de Poder, Colección Stephanie Uhart Negret, Santiago de Chile 2007, p. 20

Africa

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