Zemanek-Münster

Ten goldweights ·  Ghana, Ashanti · ID: 3035582

sold EUR 450
Provenance
Albert Gsell, Tübingen-Lustnau, Germany
Size
L: 3 cm - 7 cm
L: 1.2 inch - 2.8 inch

Description

brass, et. al. in form of a crab’s claw, a hatchet and a trumpet, min. dam., slight traces of corrosion


The object Ten goldweights with the object ID 3035582 was part of the auction 74th tribal art auction on September 7, 2013. The object with the lot number 186 achieved a sales price of EUR 450 with an asking price of EUR 300.

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Comparing literature

Zeller, Rudolf, Die Goldgewichte von Asante (Westafrika), Leipzig, Berlin 1912, Tafel VI, ill. 185, Tafel XVII, ill. 425, ill. 432


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