Five goldweights: Birds ·  Ghana, Akan · ID: 3039406

Description

brass, various depictions of birds and bird traps, one showing the mythical “sankofa”, min. dam., slight traces of corrosion;
the “sankofa” bird looks backwards: proverb: “If it lies behind you, take it” (meaning make use of the lessons of the past).

Littérature comparée

Menzel, Brigitte, Goldgewichte aus Ghana, Berlin 1968, ill. 737 ff.