Goldweight: elephant · Ghana, Akan · ID: 3036321
Vendu
550 €
Provenance
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)Description
brass, min. dam., small missing parts; proverb: “One who follows the track of the elepant never gets wet by the dew on the bushes”.
Littérature comparée
Menzel, Brigitte, Goldgewichte aus Ghana, Berlin 1968, ill. 815