Gold-weight
Akan
Description
Subject Matter:
Gold-weight in the shape of a geometric clover or trefoil. Weights of this shape were produced beginning in the 16th century and are a somewhat rare gold-weight shape.
See: Sheales, Fiona, African Goldweights, London, BMP, 2014.
Physical Description:
Gold-weight in the shape of a triangular block with trefoil-lobed ends and grooved sides.
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