Two goldweights: seeds · Ghana, Akan · ID: 3036348
sold
EUR 160
Provenance
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)Description
brass, with patina, bunch of colanut, d: 4,5 cm; seed of the Ricinodendron africanum from the Njangsa tree found in tropical West Africa, among others in Ghana, eatable parts of the plant are the high nutritive kernels content in the seeds, d: 3 cm
The object Two goldweights: seeds with the object ID 3036348 was part of the auction 76th tribal art auction on March 22, 2014. The object with the lot number 390 achieved a sales price of EUR 160 with an asking price of EUR 100.
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