Lot 0042

5 Akan Goldweights

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Item Details

Description

5 Goldgewichte
Akan, Ghana / Côte d’Ivoire
Gelbguss.

Provenienz:
Nachlass René David (1928-2015), Zürich.

Ausgestellt:
Musée International du Golfe de Guinée, Togo (2005-2011).

Die Gewichte der Akan-Völker, welche im Wachsausschmelzverfahren hergestellt wurden, waren von etwa 1400 bis 1900 in Gebrauch und verdanken ihren Namen nicht ihrem Material, sondern ihrer Funktion; dem Abwiegen von Goldstaub, der früheren Währung der Goldküste.

Die ersten Goldgewichte der Akan besassen geometrische Formen, im Laufe des 16. Jahrhunderts, wenn nicht schon früher, stiessen figürliche Gewichte dazu. Diese Gewichte waren weiterhin für den praktischen Gebrauch gedacht.

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

CHF 100 / 200
EUR 86 / 172

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