Asante merchants used these copper alloy weights as a standard for weighing gold when trading. While the weights of these objects were standardised, their shape varied, and could be simple or complex.

share this

Object Summary

Museum Number	68/1994/51
Simple Name	weight
Full Name	gold dust weight
Common Name	mbrammuo
Production country	Ghana
Material	copper alloy (cast)
Collection class	Currency
Collection continent	Africa
Collection area/region	W
Production county	South Ghana
Production continent	Africa
Production year low	1400
Production year high	1900
Cultural group	Asante Akan
Function name	currency