SOLD: Goldweight Set Asante, Ashanti Culture, Ghana

SOLD: Goldweight Set Asante, Ashanti Culture, Ghana

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  • Ashante, Ashanti Culture, Ghana

  • 19th C.

  • Dimensions from the left: 
    2.25 x 1.5 in./5.75 x 3.5 cm
    1.5 x 1 in./3.5 x 2.54 cm
    2.25 x 1.5 in./6.25 x 3.5 cm

The weights of the Akan peoples of the former African Gold Coast were in use from about 1400 to 1900, for the weighing of gold dust. In 1899 the use of gold dust as a means of payment was banned by the British.

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