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

Name: Sword ornament in the form of a trophy head
SKU: 3052807
Availability: Discontinued

Not available anymore

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

The object Sword ornament in the form of a trophy head with the object ID 3052807 was last part of the auction Auction 106 at April 25, 2026 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 288.

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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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