Eight geometrical goldweights
Ghana, Akan
Vendu
160 €
Provenance
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)Taille
H: 2 cm - 3,5 cm
H: 0.8 inch - 1.4 inch
Description
brass, traces of corrosion, lead added in some places to increase the weight, decorated with concentrical ridges or spiral motifs, the latter are interpreted as rams horn design or as “sankofa”, the backwards looking bird that proverbially admonishes us to “Learn from ones past”.