Five goldweights: crocodiles · Ghana, Akan · ID: 3036318
Vendu
500 €
Provenance
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)Description
brass, with patina, two single crocodiles, three crossed crocodiles; proverb: “The crossed crocodiles have one belly - but when eating they struggle.”
Littérature comparée
Menzel, Brigitte, Goldgewichte aus Ghana, Berlin 1968, p. 188