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Stirnband-Krone
Akan, Côte d’Ivoire
Mit Sockel / with base
Textil, Holz, Goldfolie. H 17 cm. Ø 25 cm.

Provenienz:
Galerie Walu, 1990er-Jahre.

Ausgestellt:
Helvetisches Goldmuseum, Burgdorf (2009).

Stirnbänder, allgemein als Kronen bezeichnet, werden von Regenten bei zeremoniellen Festlichkeiten als Zeichen von Rang und Zugehörigkeit getragen.

Die aus Holz geschnitzten und mit Blattgold überzogenen Motive auf dem Samtband stehen allegorisch für Sinnsprüche, die sich auf lobenswerte Eigenschaften des Trägers beziehen.

Weiterführende Literatur:
Ross, Doran und Eisner, Georg (2008). Das Gold der Akan. Museum Liaunig. Neuhaus: Museumsverwaltung GmbH.

CHF 1 500 / 3 000
EUR 1 290 / 2 580

Condition

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Name: An Akan Crown
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