Ten goldweights

Ghana, Ashanti

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

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

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