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Object |
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Asante - 4 gold dust spoons - Gold Coast (Ghana) |
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Ethnic group |
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Asante/Akan |
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Origin |
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Gold Coast (Ghana) |
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Provenance |
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Private collection - Northern Germany |
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Material |
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Metal alloy |
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Size |
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L: 9 cm, 14.5 cm, 11.5 cm, 8 cm |
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Description |
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Gold dust spoons of hammered metal.
Such spoons were used by the Akan people in Ghana and other parts of West-Africa. They were used to weigh gold dust which was used for daily transactions before coins and money replaced them. |
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