ANTIQUE AFRICAN ASHANTI AKAN STYLIZED FISH GOLD WEIGHT 1700-1900 AD Brass 17.4g No28
Akan goldweights are weights made of brass used as a measuring system by the Akan people of West Africa, particularly for trade arrangements with one another.
Stylistic studies of goldweights can provide relative dates into the two broad early and late periods. The Early period is thought to have been from about 1400–1720 AD, with some overlap with the Late period, 1700-1900 AD. There is a distinct difference between the Early and Late periods. Geometric weights are the oldest forms, dating from 1400 AD onwards while figurative weights, those made in the image of people, animals, building etc., first appear around 1600 AD.
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