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Gold Weight3600/19

Fish gold weight. Small flat fish with indents on one side, and raised circles all over the body on the opposite side, and large spirals for eyes. The mouth is a small extension with a notch. The face is divided from the body by a pair of raised lines. Two small dorsal fins and a small pectoral fin are made of concentric lines, and the heart-shaped tail fin of contentric hearts.

Culture
Akan
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold Weight3600/17

Small figurative gold weight. Sawfish (?) in a curved in a j-shape. Forward extension with four teeth on either side. Flat head with two raised circular eyes and a double-ellipsoid mouth (?) on top. Behind the head are two fins and a dorsal fin. The long body curves creating the j-shape, and ends with an hourglass shaped tail of fins.

Culture
Akan
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold Weight3600/13

Metal gold weight in the form of a European-style chair (asipim) with solid seat and back rest. The backrest is triangular in shape with a knob at the top, centre. At top of each side are decorations. The frame has small bumps, representations of furniture studs.

Culture
Akan
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold Weight3600/29

Small cylindrical gold weight. On top is a raised letter - shaped like an upsidedown u with a straight line extending up from the centre, and a small horizontal line to the left. The top of the cylinder is decorated with small indents.

Culture
Akan
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold Weight3600/27

Tiny rectangular gold weight with geometric design. At centre, four raised rectangles.

Culture
Akan
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold Weight3600/26

Small rectangular gold weight with geometric design. At centre, two raised rectangles.

Culture
Akan
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold Weight3600/24

Small, thin rectangular gold weight with geometric design. Two rows of design separated by a horizontal line. The top row consists of three v-shapes, each with an extra line through the centre, and the bottom row of eleven raised lines in a row.

Culture
Akan
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold Weight3600/22

Small rectangular gold weight with geometric design. Geometric design cutout of top layer with thin rectangular backing. Mirrored u-shape with line through centre flanked by teeth-like design on sides with six rectangular notches cutout leaving seven raised lines.

Culture
Akan
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold Weight3600/20

Small square gold weight with geometric design. Each side edge has five rectangular notches. Extending across the surface are lines of repeating indented crescent shapes.

Culture
Akan
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gold Weight3600/18

Fish gold weight. Small flat fish with imprinted circles all over the body, and small circular raised eyes. The mouth is a small notch. The large dorsal fin and small pectoral fin are both marked with angled lines, and the tail fin has three raised lines - one down the centre, and one down the top and bottom.

Culture
Akan
Material
bronze metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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