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27 Asante Goldweights, geometrical

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Item Details

Description

27 Goldgewichte, geometrisch
Asante, Ghana
Ohne Sockel / without base
Gelbguss. B 1,5 - 7 cm.

Provenienz:
Adolf Burkhardt (1935-2002), Bern.

Von Adolf Burkhardt zwischen 1980 und 1990 erworben bei: Galerie Walu, Zürich / Charles Sollberger, Bern / Liselotte Dähler, Basel / Christoph Schwerzenbach, Bern / Reckl, München / Ian Auld, London / Jea-Pierre Laprugne, Paris / Grays Gallery, London / Old Drury, London.

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Die Gewichte der Akan-Völker an der ehemaligen Goldküste waren von etwa 1400 bis 1900 in Gebrauch. Ihre Bezeichnung gilt nicht dem Herstellungsmaterial, sondern ihrer Funktion; dem Abwiegen von Goldstaub.

Bis Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts wurde Goldstaub von den Asante und verwandten Völkern in Ghana und Côte d'Ivoire rege gehandelt. Spezielle meist aus Messingblech gearbeitete Löffel ("saawa"), dienten dazu den Goldstaub aus einem Behälter ("adaka", "kuduo" usw.) zu entnehmen um ihn mit Hilfe von Gegengewichten auf einer Balkenwaage ("nsania") abzuwägen.

Die im Wachsausschmelzverfahren hergestellten Goldgewichte der Akan besassen geometrische Formen. Anfänglich geometrisch gestaltet, kamen spätestens im Laufe des 16. Jahrhunderts auch figürliche Gewichte auf. Diese "neueren" Gewichte waren weiterhin für den praktischen Gebrauch gedacht, und stellten darüber hinaus als Prestigegewichte meistens Sprichwörter der Akan dar.

Weiterführende Literatur:
Menzel, Brigitte (1968). Goldgewichte aus Ghana. Berlin: Museum für Völkerkunde.

CHF 500 / 800
EUR 430 / 688

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27 Asante Goldweights, geometrical

Name: 27 Asante Goldweights, geometrical
SKU: 108370279
Price: 170 CHF
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