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This cast copper alloy weight was used on a balance to measure out a quantity of gold dust, a valuable commodity in Ghana.
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Merchants used these copper alloy weights, or mbrammuo, as a standard for weighing gold dust when trading.
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Merchants used these copper alloy weights as a standard for weighing gold dust when trading.
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For centuries, merchants used these copper alloy weights as a standard for weighing gold dust when trading.
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Merchants used these copper alloy weights for weighing gold dust when trading.
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This is a carefully shaped stone object with a large hole drilled through its centre.
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A weight for weighing gold dust.
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For centuries, merchants used these copper alloy weights as a standard for weighing gold dust.
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Merchants used these copper weights, or mbrammuo, as a standard for weighing gold dust when trading.
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Merchants used these copper alloy weights, or mbrammuo, as a standard for weighing gold dust when conducting trade.
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Asante merchants used these copper alloy weights, or mbrammuo, as a standard for weighing gold dust when trading.
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Asante merchants used these copper alloy weights, or mbrammuo, as a standard in weighing gold dust when trading.
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Weights such as this were used to weigh out specific amounts of gold and gold dust.
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Tabua are single whale teeth (pronounced tambua), which are usually attached to a cord of coconut fibre called coir.
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Tabua (pronounced tambua) consist of a polished and smoked sperm whale tooth attached to a cord of coconut fibre.
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