Three goldweights: beetles · Ghana, Akan · ID: 3036388
sold
EUR 100
Provenance
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)Size
L: 3 cm - 4,5 cm
L: 1.2 inch - 1.8 inch
Description
brass, with patina, cast from nature, missing parts in the cast (legs), two palm beetles, proverb: “If you dont like the taste of the palm beetle, console yourself with its grub.”
Comparing literature
Graffenried von, Charlotte, Akan Goldgewichte im Bernischen Historischen Museum, Wabern-Bern 1990, ill. 45 Menzel, Brigitte, Goldgewichte aus Ghana, Berlin 1968, p. 180