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WEST AFRICA, GOLD COAST (GHANA), Ashanti Tribe, c. 1720-1900 AD. a lot of fifty-two small "geomet...

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WEST AFRICA, GOLD COAST (GHANA), Ashanti Tribe, c. 1720-1900 AD. a lot of fifty-two small  geomet...
WEST AFRICA, GOLD COAST (GHANA), Ashanti Tribe, c. 1720-1900 AD. a lot of fifty-two small "geometric" weights in square, triangular, rectangular and pyramidal shapes. Each with different designs designating different weight values. See. T. Garrard, Akan Weights and the Gold Trade, pl. 41. See Houben, op. cit., p. 41.    $250/52 These lovely small weights were collected in West Africa by a missionary by the name of Longbottom. They came to Dr. Montanri through the auspices of Dr. Timothy Garrard, the author whose work is cited here.