Two goldweights: seeds
Ghana, Akan
Vendu
160 €
Provenance
Jürgen & Gisela Büse, Rheinbreitbach, Germany (collected in situ, 1973-75)Description
brass, with patina, bunch of colanut, d: 4,5 cm; seed of the Ricinodendron africanum from the Njangsa tree found in tropical West Africa, among others in Ghana, eatable parts of the plant are the high nutritive kernels content in the seeds, d: 3 cm