Three zoomorphic goldweights ·  Ghana, Akan · ID: 3039419

Description

brass, casts from nature: crab claw (4 cm), lizard (7 cm) and beetle (4,5 cm), min. dam., slight traces of corrosion;
a beetle, already perfectly formed by nature, replaced a wax model. After the intense heat had turned the beetle into dust, its ashes would be shaken and blown away through the channel left by the melted sprue. Since the beetle, with its variety of species, is the most common example this technique has become referred to as the “lost beetle” process.

L’objet Three zoomorphic goldweights avec l’ID d’objet 3039419 a fait partie de la vente aux enchères 81st Tribal Art Auction dans 31 octobre 2015. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 269 a atteint un prix de vente de 260 € pour un prix d’adjudication de 200 €.

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Littérature comparée

Phillips, Tom, African Goldweights, London 2010, p. 39