Sculpture de lion ·  Ghana, Akan / Ashanti · ID: 3048040

Description

metal (corroded),
These figures were fixed to the sheath of state swords “afena”. The attached eyelet was used for fastening. The ornaments represent different animals (crocodile, monkey, birds), that serve to visually characterize proverbs or sayings.

Tooth-baring lions such as this example have been associated with a proverb that implores one to listen to chiefly warnings: “If the lion has no intention to attack, it will not show its teeth.”

L’objet Sculpture de lion avec l’ID d’objet 3048040 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 96e Vente aux enchères dans 24 avril 2021 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 202 a atteint un prix de vente de 800 €.

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Littérature comparée

Cole, Herbert M. & Doran H. Ross, The Arts of Ghana, Los Angeles 1977, p. 152, Fig. 318