Zemanek-Münster

Three goldweights: miscellanea ·  Ghana, Akan · ID: 3036314

sold EUR 100
Provenance
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)

Description

brass, with patina, monkey on a tree, h: 2,9 cm, proverb: “You cannot harm anybody by wishing him ill”; tiny trophy head “nitire”, h: 2 cm; leopard, l: 4 cm, proverb: “the rain wets the spots on the leopards skin, but does not wash them off.”


The object Three goldweights: miscellanea with the object ID 3036314 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 355 achieved a sales price of EUR 100.

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Comparing literature

Menzel, Brigitte, Goldgewichte aus Ghana, Berlin 1968, p. 203


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