Real Weight Akan

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 three-volume treatise on the weights of gold weighing, certainly the first and most in-depth study on the subject.

Weights that have more than 80 o 90 grams are considered real pieces, only possessed by kings and notables. This one has two planes, on the lower plane rises an equally square figure. On two opposite sides a series of samples have been performed that give them a toothed appearance, with the angular teeth being the widest. Two opposite sides have two inner teeth and one slit, which as you look, forms a "Z" or an "N" in the other two. The center is crossed by lines that form rhombuses when crossed. A small circle in the center. Its weight is of 181,3 grams.