Pectoral "akrafokonmu" ("laveurs d'âmes") · Ghana, Akan / Côte d'Ivoire, Baoulé · ID: 3045193
Vendu
1 000 €
Provenance
René David, Zurich, SwitzerlandRoland Hartmann, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Description
gold alloy, ca. 0,280 (6,72 carat), weight: 96,1 g, wax thread technique, cast defects on the transverse thread tunnel on the back
The concentrical circles are called “tadee” or ponds, for they remind of the circular waves occuring when an object is thrown into calm water. Research assumes a connection with the purifying rites of soul washing.
Expertise
Nr. 84, Eidgenössisches Kontrollamt für Edelmetalle, Zurich, 11.1.1990
Littérature comparée
Museum Liaunig (Hg.), Das Gold der Akan, Neuhaus o.J., S. 30