Asante merchants used these copper alloy weights, or mbrammuo, as a standard in weighing gold dust when trading. While the weights of the objects were standardised, their shape could be simple or complex. Some, such as this one, were cast with decorativ - - South Ghana, Ghana, W, Africa
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