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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kaiserpoo, post: 9442379, member: 81222&quot;]Thx. That’s really cool how fast you ID it.&nbsp; I guess the Blackwood base should have hints me Africa .&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Akan goldweights</b> (locally known as <b>mrammou</b>) are weights made of brass used as a measuring system by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akan_people" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akan_people" rel="nofollow">Akan people</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Africa" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Africa" rel="nofollow">West Africa</a>, 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.</p><p><br /></p><p>Beyond their practical application, the weights are miniature representations of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_African" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_African" rel="nofollow">West African</a> culture items such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adinkra_symbols" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adinkra_symbols" rel="nofollow">adinkra symbols</a>, plants, animals and people.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akan_goldweights#endnote_Garrard1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akan_goldweights#endnote_Garrard1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akan_goldweights#cite_note-Bakewell-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akan_goldweights#cite_note-Bakewell-1" rel="nofollow">[1</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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