Tribal Art & Antiquities - 21st February 2018
Lot 358
Nine Akan goldweights Ghana brass
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £220
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Description
Nine Akan goldweights
Ghana
brass, including a stool, a coiled snake, five geometric types, a pierced type and a rectangular gold dust box with a cover applied with six birds, 19th century. (11)
Provenance
Ex. coll. Timothy Garrard (1943 -2007) State attorney in Ghana, scholar and leading expert on Akan goldweights.