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Description: | Weights such as this were used to weigh out specific amounts of gold and gold dust. The weights were made using the 'lost wax technique'. The weights were made in Ghana from the 1400s until the late 1800s, when their production and use were banned by the - - South Ghana, Ghana, W, Africa | Format: | text/html | License: | http://rammuseum.org.uk/legal | Publisher: | Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, Exeter City Council | Rights holder: | Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, Exeter City Council | Subjects: | Ethnography Currency | Source: | Royal Albert Memorial Museum | Creator: | Not specified | Identifier: | http://rammcollections.org.uk/content/ca... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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