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
Comparing literature
Menzel, Brigitte, Goldgewichte aus Ghana, Berlin 1968, ill. 203, 231, 266, 252, 312, 465