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: Ea6811

: World Cultures

: Weight

: A brass weight for weighing gold in the form of a simian faced man; he is in a sitting position but with no actual seat. Lug like ears and a triangular beard.

: Ghana, West Africa, Africa

: Asante

: Ghana, West Africa, Africa

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: Ghana, West Africa, Africa

: [Book] Plass, Margaret W. 1967. African Miniatures: the Gold Weights of the Ashanti.