Zemanek-Münster

Ten goldweights: shields ·  Ghana, Akan · ID: 3036325

sold EUR 180
Provenance
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)
Size
H: 3,5 cm - 5 cm
H: 1.4 inch - 2.0 inch

Description

brass, with patina, in various forms and sizes, framework of a shield, proverb: “When a shield is worn out the framework remains” (Though the head of a family may die, the family endures).


Comparing literature

Menzel, Brigitte, Goldgewichte aus Ghana, Berlin 1968, p. 223


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