Twenty-five geometrical goldweights · Ghana, Akan · ID: 3036433
sold
EUR 200
Provenance
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)Size
L: 0,9 cm - 3 cm
L: 0.4 inch - 1.2 inch
Description
brass, triangular, rectangular and square forms with various designs, slight traces of abrasion and corrosion
The object Twenty-five geometrical goldweights with the object ID 3036433 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 266 achieved a sales price of EUR 200.
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Comparing literature
Menzel, Brigitte, Goldgewichte aus Ghana, Berlin 1968, ill. 203, 231, 266, 252, 312, 465