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- Akan_goldweights abstract "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. Used to weigh gold and merchandise, at first glance the goldweights look like miniature models of everyday objects. Based on the Islamic weight system, each weight had a known measurement. This provided merchants with secure 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 wikiPageWikiLink Brass.
- Akan_goldweights wikiPageWikiLink Category:African_art.
- Akan_goldweights wikiPageWikiLink Category:Ghanaian_culture.
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- Akan_goldweights wikiPageWikiLink Lost-wax_casting.
- Akan_goldweights wikiPageWikiLink Mali.
- Akan_goldweights wikiPageWikiLink National_Museum_of_Ghana.
- Akan_goldweights wikiPageWikiLink Simon_Fraser_University.
- Akan_goldweights wikiPageWikiLink West_Africa.
- Akan_goldweights wikiPageWikiLink Zinc.
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- Akan_goldweights wikiPageWikiLinkText "Akan goldweights (golddust)".
- Akan_goldweights wikiPageWikiLinkText "Akan goldweights".
- Akan_goldweights wikiPageWikiLinkText "Ashanti gold weights".
- Akan_goldweights wikiPageWikiLinkText "Goldweights".
- Akan_goldweights wikiPageWikiLinkText "akan gold weights".
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- Akan_goldweights subject Category:African_art.
- Akan_goldweights subject Category:Ghanaian_culture.
- Akan_goldweights hypernym Weights.
- Akan_goldweights type Currency.
- Akan_goldweights comment "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. Used to weigh gold and merchandise, at first glance the goldweights look like miniature models of everyday objects. Based on the Islamic weight system, each weight had a known measurement.".
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- Akan_goldweights sameAs Меры_золота_Акана.
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