Gold weight

Merchants used these weights as a standard for weighing gold. The weights were made using the ‘lost wax technique’. While the weight of the objects were standardised, their shape varied. Some weights were cast to look like objects from nature, and have a proverbial significance.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
68/1994/192
Category
Ethnography
Collection Class
Currency
Collection Area Region
W
Material
copper alloy (cast)
Common Name
gold weight
Simple Name
weight
Production County
South Ghana
Production Country
Ghana
Production Year Low
1400
Production Year High
1900

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gold dust weight (sing. abrammuo; pl. mrammuo)