Ashanti Gold Weight Cufflinks
£36.5017th century AD. The bronze original was used in Ashanti, Central Ghana for weighing gold dust which was the medium of exchange from the 17th century onwards. City Museum, Bristol. Width 18mm
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17th century AD. The bronze original was used in Ashanti, Central Ghana for weighing gold dust which was the medium of exchange from the 17th century onwards. City Museum, Bristol. Width 18mm
The original is a steel part of a superbly decorated detached wheel-lock in the Royal Armouries collection, HM Tower of London. Franco-German, possibly Alsace Lorraine. Circa 1620. Height 15mm.
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