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Asante - 4 gold dust spoons - Gold Coast (Ghana)
Asante - 4 gold dust spoons - Gold Coast (Ghana)
Asante - 4 gold dust spoons - Gold Coast (Ghana)
Asante - 4 gold dust spoons - Gold Coast (Ghana)
Asante - 4 gold dust spoons - Gold Coast (Ghana)
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Asante - 4 gold dust spoons - Gold Coast (Ghana)
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Asante - 4 gold dust spoons - Gold Coast (Ghana)
Ethnic group
Asante/Akan
Origin
Gold Coast (Ghana)
Provenance
Private collection - Northern Germany
Material
Metal alloy
Size
L: 9 cm, 14.5 cm, 11.5 cm, 8 cm
Description
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.
Price:   175,00 EUR
Catalogue No.:  21-151
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