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Description: | CULT Ashanti probably 19th or 20th century Gold Coast Ghana This bronze balance would have been used to measure Ashanti bronze weights against gold or gold dust, the local currency on the Gold Coast. In 1894, the colonial administration in the region banned the use of gold dust as currency, and in 1896 outlawed the use and making of weights. |
License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ |
Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow |
Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow |
Subjects: | ASHANTI : CURRENCY : CEREMONIAL : GOLD COAST : JEN : FOCUS1 : GOLD COAST : WEST AFRICA : ABRAMMUO : ABRAMO : ASANTE : AKAN : WEST AFRICA : |
Source: | Hunterian Museum |
Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow |
Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... |
Language: | en-GB |
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