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Auction 40  13-15 May 2021
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Lot 1843

Starting price: 85 USD
Price realized: 110 USD
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GHANA:LOT of 2 brass Akan goldweights in the shape of bells made by the lost wax method, most of these gold weights are in the form of people or animals, retail value $200, lot of 2 items , EF, R, ex Charles Opitz Collection. Akan goldweights (locally known as mrammou), are weights made of brass used as a measuring system by the Akan people of West Africa, particularly for weighing gold dust which was currency until replaced by paper money and coins.

Estimate: 100-150 USD
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