Zemanek-Münster

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


The object Three goldweights: pepper, okra and peanut with the object ID 3036268 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 389 achieved a sales price of EUR 80.

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Comparing literature

Phillips, Tom, African Goldweights, London 2010, p. 44


Publications

Büse, J.E., Akan-Goldgewichte: Eine Kultur in Bronze, in: Sammler-Journal 2 (1979), p. 82


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