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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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| Gold Coast (Ghana) |
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| Provenance |
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| Private collection - Northern Germany |
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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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