Ten goldweights: shields · Ghana, Akan · ID: 3036336
sold
EUR 220
Provenance
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)Size
H: 3 cm - 5 cm (shields)
2 cm - 3,5 cm (pendants)
H: 1.2 inch - 2.0 inch (shields)
0.8 inch - 3,2.0 inch (pendants)
Description
brass, with patina, six shields in various forms, one of them extremely bulging, one with wisdom knot, one with key emblem, two frame-works of shields, additional: two pendants, one in shape of a turtle