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