Three goldweights: double drum, jar and head of a cock · Ghana, Akan · ID: 3036270
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Provenance
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)Size
H: 1,5 cm (drum)
4 cm (jar), 2,5 cm (bird head)
H: 0.6 inch (drum)
1.6 inch (jar), 1.0 inch (bird head)
Description
brass, with patina, jar with missing parts in the cast
The object Three goldweights: double drum, jar and head of a cock with the object ID 3036270 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 330.
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Publications
Büse, J.E., Akan-Goldgewichte: Eine Kultur in Bronze, in: Sammler-Journal 2 (1979), p. 81 f.