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
The object Ten goldweights: shields with the object ID 3036336 was part of the auction 76th tribal art auction on March 22, 2014. The object with the lot number 325 achieved a sales price of EUR 220 with an asking price of EUR 100.
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