Loot: What They Took from West Africa
2023-11-16 12:41 Ghana Côte d'Ivoire British Loot

Ghana: Mrammou, or Akan Gold Weights

Brass weights used as a measuring system by the Ashanti/Akan people of Ghana, until the British annexed the region and abolished gold-dust as a currency, replacing it with the far-less-interesting British pound sterling.