Three goldweights · Ghana, Ashanti · ID: 3035584
sold
EUR 400
Provenance
Albert Gsell, Tübingen-Lustnau, GermanySize
L: 6,5 cm - 11,5 cm
L: 2.6 inch - 4.5 inch
Description
brass, in form of swords with partly open worked blades, min. dam., slight traces of corrosion
The object Three goldweights with the object ID 3035584 was last part of the auction 74th tribal art auction at September 7, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 187 achieved a sales price of EUR 400.
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Comparing literature
Zeller, Rudolf, Die Goldgewichte von Asante (Westafrika), Leipzig, Berlin 1912, Tafel VIII, ill. 209, ill. 211