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Thirty pieces of antique geometric gold weights, various abstract geometric shapes and patterns.

Made with the lost wax method, cire perdue. Sometimes with visible remnants of the casting channel.
Different colors of African bronze. Wear and signs of use in accordance with tribal use in weighing gold and gold dust, and in trading. With weight reduction, and also with lead ballast.
Evidence that these weights were tribally well used in trade.
Weights from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, thus well before 1900, when the use of gold weights as currency and a means of payment was banned and replaced by coinage. total weight 275 grams

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Dertig stuks antieke geometrische goudgewichten, diverse abstracte geometrische vormen en patronen.
 
Gemaakt met de verloren was methode, cire perdue. Soms met zichtbare restanten van het gietkanaal.
Verschillende kleuren Afrikaanse brons. Slijtage en sporen van gebruik conform tribaal gebruik bij het wegen van goud en goudstof, en bij het handelen. Met gewichtsreductie, en ook met lood verzwaring.
Bewijs dat deze gewichtjes tribaal goed gebruikt zijn bij het handelen.
Gewichten uit de 17e, 18e en 19e eeuw, dus van ver voor 1900, toen het gebruik van goudgewichten als munteenheid en betaalmiddel werd verboden en werd vervangen door muntgeld. totaal gewicht 275 gram

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gold weights Mrammou - Akan Ashanti - Ghana  (No reserve price)

Late 19th century - bronze/brass - Excellent condition

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Goud gewichten Mrammou, a set of 30 late 19th‑century bronze weights from Ghana in the Akan Ashanti tradition, produced by the lost-wax method with a total weight of 275 g.

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Goud gewichten Mrammou, a set of 30 late 19th‑century bronze weights from Ghana in the Akan Ashanti tradition, produced by the lost-wax method with a total weight of 275 g.

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