Akan peoples, Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire
18th to late 19th century
Copper alloy
96-42-3, gift of Philip L. Ravenhill in memory of Sylvia H. Williams

While all of these figures are small, the larger of each pair would have been owned by someone who was very wealthy, maybe a royal person. These weights were used on scales balanced to measure gold dust,

Relative size

Akan peoples, Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire
18th to late 19th century
Copper alloy
75-22-419, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bevill, Mr. and Mrs. Alan Bresler and Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Schulman

While all of these figures are small, the larger of each pair would have been owned by someone who was very wealthy, maybe a royal person. These weights were used on scales balanced to measure gold dust,

Relative size