weights side view

weights side view

comparison of a weight of a silver-colored metal with that of a brass/bronze weight.

800 or so years ago the Akan were producing these brass weights to weigh gold dust which was their currency, thus the name 'goldweights'.
They were produced by all the Akan people in both Ghana and Ivory Coast. These weights are unique to the Akan and found exclusively in the areas that they occupy.

So far the earliest archaeological evidence of goldweights comes from excavations conducted in the 1990's at Adansemanso in the Ashanti region dating from about 1200-1400. The find showed that the full technological complex associated with measuring gold dust was developed by that time.

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weights bottom

weights bottom

comparison of a weight of a silver-colored metal with that of a brass/bronze weight.

800 or so years ago the Akan were producing these brass weights to weigh gold dust which was their currency, thus the name 'goldweights'.
They were produced by all the Akan people in both Ghana and Ivory Coast. These weights are unique to the Akan and found exclusively in the areas that they occupy.

So far the earliest archaeological evidence of goldweights comes from excavations conducted in the 1990's at Adansemanso in the Ashanti region dating from about 1200-1400. The find showed that the full technological complex associated with measuring gold dust was developed by that time.

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Uploaded on Sep 26, 2010

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weights "silver" and bronze

weights "silver" and bronze

comparison of a weight of a silver-colored metal with that of a brass/bronze weight.

800 or so years ago the Akan were producing these brass weights to weigh gold dust which was their currency, thus the name 'goldweights'.
They were produced by all the Akan people in both Ghana and Ivory Coast. These weights are unique to the Akan and found exclusively in the areas that they occupy.

So far the earliest archaeological evidence of goldweights comes from excavations conducted in the 1990's at Adansemanso in the Ashanti region dating from about 1200-1400. The find showed that the full technological complex associated with measuring gold dust was developed by that time.

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Uploaded on Sep 26, 2010

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weights top view

weights top view

comparison of a weight of a silver-colored metal with that of a brass/bronze weight.

800 or so years ago the Akan were producing these brass weights to weigh gold dust which was their currency, thus the name 'goldweights'.
They were produced by all the Akan people in both Ghana and Ivory Coast. These weights are unique to the Akan and found exclusively in the areas that they occupy.

So far the earliest archaeological evidence of goldweights comes from excavations conducted in the 1990's at Adansemanso in the Ashanti region dating from about 1200-1400. The find showed that the full technological complex associated with measuring gold dust was developed by that time.

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Uploaded on Sep 26, 2010

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cast gold head of Gyamanhene Adinkra or Bandahene Worosa

cast gold head of Gyamanhene Adinkra or Bandahene Worosa

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Uploaded on Dec 2, 2009

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