Three goldweights: birds · Ghana, Akan · ID: 3036367
sold
EUR 200
Provenance
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)Description
brass, a cock, subsequently worked on a ring, l: 4,9 cm/d: 2 cm; bird in a trap, h: 5,3 cm; five birds on stepped base “anomaa”, proverb: “When it falls behind you take it”, b: 4 cm
Comparing literature
Menzel, Brigitte, Goldgewichte aus Ghana, Berlin 1968, ill. 737 ff