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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 wei and fair-trade arrangements with one another. The status of a man increased significantly if he owned a complete set of weights. Complete small sets of weights were gifts to newly wedded men. This insured that he would be able to enter the merchant trade respectably and successfully. Beyond their practical application, the weights are miniature representations of West African culture items such as adinkra symbols, plants, animals and people. *

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  • Akan goldweights (en)
  • Меры золота Акана (ru)
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  • Меры золота Акана — измерительная система, существовавшая у аканов в Западной Африке, использовавшаяся для взвешивания золотого песка, который использовался до появления бумажных и железных денег. Гирьки делались из латуни в форме миниатюрных предметов обихода, людей, животных и растений; социальный статус человека значительно увеличивался, если он обладал всеми предметами для взвешивания, так как это позволяло ему свободно участвовать в торговле. Коллекции этих предметов существуют в нескольких музеях мира, в том числе в Музее и художественной галерее Дерби. (ru)
  • 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 wei and fair-trade arrangements with one another. The status of a man increased significantly if he owned a complete set of weights. Complete small sets of weights were gifts to newly wedded men. This insured that he would be able to enter the merchant trade respectably and successfully. Beyond their practical application, the weights are miniature representations of West African culture items such as adinkra symbols, plants, animals and people. * (en)
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  • 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 wei and fair-trade arrangements with one another. The status of a man increased significantly if he owned a complete set of weights. Complete small sets of weights were gifts to newly wedded men. This insured that he would be able to enter the merchant trade respectably and successfully. Beyond their practical application, the weights are miniature representations of West African culture items such as adinkra symbols, plants, animals and people. * Crocodile goldweight * Geometric goldweight * Figurative goldweight (en)
  • Меры золота Акана — измерительная система, существовавшая у аканов в Западной Африке, использовавшаяся для взвешивания золотого песка, который использовался до появления бумажных и железных денег. Гирьки делались из латуни в форме миниатюрных предметов обихода, людей, животных и растений; социальный статус человека значительно увеличивался, если он обладал всеми предметами для взвешивания, так как это позволяло ему свободно участвовать в торговле. Коллекции этих предметов существуют в нескольких музеях мира, в том числе в Музее и художественной галерее Дерби. (ru)
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