Zemanek-Münster

Three goldweights

Ghana, Ashanti
sold EUR 450
Provenance
Albert Gsell, Tübingen-Lustnau, Germany
Size
L: 4 cm - 7 cm
L: 1.6 inch - 2.8 inch

Description

brass, et. al. in form of a grasshopper, min. dam., slight traces of corrosion;
until the beginning of the last century gold dust was the most common currency of the country. At every buying or disposal the gold dust had to be weighted, for this purpose natural weights like seeds, shells or bones were used, as well as metal weights, nowadays called gold weights.


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