Gold weight
Akan · Côte d’Ivoire
Reference: PGM-32
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- Height
- 2 cm
- Material
- Bronze
These pieces of the century XIX were used in the territory of Baulé until well into the century XX. They are all different, both in shape…
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These pieces of the century XIX were used in the territory of Baulé until well into the century XX. They are all different, both in shape and in size or weight. All of them are decorated with different motifs on their surface. These motifs constitute a true code of signs, a language known only to the high initiated. Fr. Georges Niangoran Nbouah, q.e.p.d. left us an extensive treatise in three volumes on the weights of weighing goldAkanthe first and most in-depth study carried out on the subject.
It weighs rectangularly with a drawing of two spirals on the surface, one slightly larger than the other. The corners areligerously rounded except one of them that follows the curve of the larger spiral.
Further technical information
- Attributed period
- Century XIX 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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