Ashanti Bronze Gold Weight

Twin scrolls sit side by side in a ribbed frame, like a pair of watchful eyes.

This Ashanti bronze gold weight is Ashanti, from Ghana, West Africa. The Ashanti of Ghana used small brass or bronze weights to measure gold dust, which served as a form of currency in the region. Simply, a rectangular plaque carries two incised spirals linked by a wavy line, bounded above and below by rows of narrow vertical teeth. The surface is a greenish gold with darker brown in the grooves. It is 2.75 inches wide, 1.88 deep and 0.38 high.

Neat as a ledger and twice as decorative.