Weighing Weight Gold: Esvastica

Akan · Côte d’Ivoire

Reference: PGM-11

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Material
Bronze

Ancient weight represents a swastika, cross that comes from the scriptural script of the 5th century B.D. C. It is a fairly common motif in the…

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Ancient weight represents a swastika, cross that comes from the scriptural script of the 5th century B.D. C. It is a fairly common motif in the geometric weights of weighing the gold of the century XIX

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Attributed period
Century XIX

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Côte d’Ivoire. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.

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