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Mixed lot (4 items), Ashanti or Baule, Ghana, Ivory Coast: 4 large, figural ‘gold-weights' of the Akan tribes.

Lot No. 27

Mixed lot (4 items), Ashanti or Baule, Ghana, Ivory Coast: 4 large, figural ‘gold-weights' of the Akan tribes.


Mixed lot (4 items), Ashanti or Baule, Ghana, Ivory Coast: 4 large, figural ‘gold-weights' of the Akan tribes. - Tribal Art

For more information on the subject of ‘gold-weights’ see cat. no. 28.
1: A rider astride his horse, with high plaited coiffure, beard, reins and a whip. Horse with casting defect. H: 7.5 cm; L: 7 cm.
2: A crocodile holding a fish in its mouth, L: 9.3 cm.
3: Two crossed and pierced swords, with a triangular crest. H: 8 cm, W: 9 cm.
4: A ceremonial sword with knops, with an ape’s skull (gorilla?) cast in a single piece. L: 9 cm. All four objects made of yellow cast-alloy (brass), executed with ‘waste mould’ casting. With good, old usage patina.
First half of the 20th century.

Provenance: Collection of Prof. Rudolf Leopold, Vienna. (ME)

Specialist: Erwin Melchardt Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465

erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at

26.05.2015 - 15:00

Estimate:
EUR 1,000.- to EUR 1,200.-

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Mixed lot (4 items), Ashanti or Baule, Ghana, Ivory Coast: 4 large, figural ‘gold-weights' of the Akan tribes.


For more information on the subject of ‘gold-weights’ see cat. no. 28.
1: A rider astride his horse, with high plaited coiffure, beard, reins and a whip. Horse with casting defect. H: 7.5 cm; L: 7 cm.
2: A crocodile holding a fish in its mouth, L: 9.3 cm.
3: Two crossed and pierced swords, with a triangular crest. H: 8 cm, W: 9 cm.
4: A ceremonial sword with knops, with an ape’s skull (gorilla?) cast in a single piece. L: 9 cm. All four objects made of yellow cast-alloy (brass), executed with ‘waste mould’ casting. With good, old usage patina.
First half of the 20th century.

Provenance: Collection of Prof. Rudolf Leopold, Vienna. (ME)

Specialist: Erwin Melchardt Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465

erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at

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Auction: Tribal Art
Auction type: Saleroom auction
Date: 26.05.2015 - 15:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 20.05. - 26.05.2015

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