Real Weight Akan Ttiangular
Akan · West Africa
Reference: PGM-70
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- Height
- 0.90 cm
- Material
- African Bronze
These pieces were used in the territory Akan Until well into the century XX. They are all different, both in shape and in size or weight.…
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These pieces were used in the territory Akan 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 weighing gold, certainly the first and most in-depth study on the subject.
These weights known as Islamic-style are probably the oldest. It has on its surface another triangle engraved with dot lines. And an orifice in its center. Its vertices break bisector lines that cross into this central orifice. On each side there are two notches and seven small stripes. Very old patina. Its weight is of 103,00 grams.
Further technical information
- Width
- 5.50 cm
- Attributed period
- Century XIV a XVII
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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West Africa. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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