Gold-weight
Akan
Description
Subject Matter:
Gold-weights featuring only bars as decoration are thought to be an early design, possibly from no later than the 18th century.
See: T. Phillips, African Goldweights: Miniature Sculptures from Ghana, 1400-1900, pp. 86-87.
Physical Description:
Gold-weight in a rectangular shape decorated with four raised bars.
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