Zemanek-Münster

Three goldweights: beetles

Ghana, Akan
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

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