Balance Weighing The Nsania Gold
Akan · Côte d’Ivoire
Reference: APO-8
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- Height
- 34 cm
- Material
- Brass
Typical Nsania scales intended to weigh gold dust Akan, used in Ivory Coast and Ghana. They perform heavy 10 a 30 Old patina.
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Full original description
Typical Nsania scales intended to weigh gold dust Akan, used in Ivory Coast and Ghana. They perform heavy 10 a 30 Old patina.
Further technical information
- Width
- 12 cm
- Attributed period
- First third of the century XX or older
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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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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