Twenty-five geometrical goldweights · Ghana, Akan · ID: 3036442
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Provenance
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)Size
L: 0,9 cm - 1,6 cm
L: 0.4 inch - 0.6 inch
Description
brass, square and rectangular forms, with bars and calligraphic motifs, slight traces of corrosion
The object Twenty-five geometrical goldweights with the object ID 3036442 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 292.
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Comparing literature
Menzel, Brigitte, Goldgewichte aus Ghana, Berlin 1968, ill. 170, 171, 300, 335, 339, 432