Akan Ashanti Asante Bronze Geometric Gold Weight A005

This piece features a poked sun like image in the center of a poked triangle whose corners sprout leaf-like patterns extending to the three corners of the greater triangular shaped piece. It was formerly mounted, explaining the dried glue on the back.
 
The Ashanti, or Asante, are part of the Akan people, the largest ethnic group in Ghana. Between 1400-1900, they used brass or bronze weights, known as mrammuo, to measure gold dust in trade. The mrammuo could be geometric as in our collection, or figurative with human and animal representations. The latter often correlated to each region’s cultural symbolism. 
 
Many Asante live in Côte d’Ivoire, where the late friend we got these from acquired his collection. We have not polished or tried to clean any of our collection.
 
Most online are priced much higher, but we would like to see these find a home or homes.
 
H 2” x L 2 1/4”  x W 1/8”
Approx. 1.9  oz
 
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