A Collection of Primitive Money

Miscellaneous, West Africa, the Akan, brass gold dust weights (3), comprising male figure playing two drums, wt. c.80 gms, a tortoise, 53.2 gms and a bird, 53.8 gms [3]. (£40-50)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Primitive Money.

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See Andre Nitecki, Equal Measure for Kings and Commoners, Goldweights of the Akan from the Collections of the Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Canada, Calgary, 1982, for a recent discussion of the gold dust weights and their role in Akan society