Three Gold Weights: Sword, Fly Whisk, Amulet, 18th–19th century, Ghana, Akan peoples, Brass, L. 1 3/4 in. (4.45 cm) to 3 7/8 in. (9.84 cm), Metal-Implements, Cast brass gold weights, known as abrammuo (sing. mrammuo), were developed by Akan merchants and rulers to standardize the trade in gold dust from mines in present-day Ghana in networks of exchange that extended beyond the Sahara Desert
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Three Gold Weights, Sword, Fly Whisk, Amulet, 18th–19th century, Ghana, Akan peoples, Brass, L, 1 3/4, 4.45 cm, 3 7/8, 9.84, Metal-Implements, Cast brass, gold, weights, abrammuo, sing, mrammuo, developed, merchants, rulers, standardize, trade, gold dust, mines, present-day Ghana, networks, exchange, extended beyond, Sahara Desert
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