Three goldweights: miscellanea
Ghana, Akan
Vendu
100 €
Provenance
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)Description
brass, with patina, monkey on a tree, h: 2,9 cm, proverb: “You cannot harm anybody by wishing him ill”; tiny trophy head “nitire”, h: 2 cm; leopard, l: 4 cm, proverb: “the rain wets the spots on the leopards skin, but does not wash them off.”