Three goldweights: pepper, okra and peanut · Ghana, Akan · ID: 3036268
sold
EUR 80
Provenance
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)Size
H: 4,2 cm (pepper)
6 cm (okra)
3,5 cm (peanuts)
H: 1.7 inch (pepper)
2.4 inch (okra)
1.4 inch (peanuts)
Description
brass, with patina, casts from nature
Comparing literature
Phillips, Tom, African Goldweights, London 2010, p. 44