Zemanek-Münster

Three goldweights: weapons

Ghana, Akan
sold EUR 120
Provenance
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)

Description

brass, patina, a) axe, l: 6,2 cm, proverb: “however difficult a case may be, it must be settled by counsel, not with an axe”; two pistols, l: 4,3 cm resp. 6 cm


Publications

Büse, J.E., Akan-Goldgewichte: Eine Kultur in Bronze, in: Sammler-Journal 2 (1979), p. 80

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