Twenty geometrical goldweights · Ghana, Akan · ID: 3036445
sold
EUR 120
Provenance
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)Size
L: 0,8 cm - 1,8 cm
L: 0.3 inch - 0.7 inch
Description
brass, rectangular and square forms, different designs, slight traces of corrosion
The object Twenty geometrical goldweights with the object ID 3036445 was part of the auction 76th tribal art auction on March 22, 2014. The object with the lot number 288 achieved a sales price of EUR 120 with an asking price of EUR 100.
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Comparing literature
Menzel, Brigitte, Goldgewichte aus Ghana, Berlin 1968, ill. 165, 273, 453