25/07/2014
Akan goldweight figures were used as a measuring system by the Akan/ashanti people of West-Africa. The gold weights were used to weigh gold dust which was used as currency before money and coins were invented. Locally they are known as mrammou. The weights are hand made and unique and made of brass using the lost-wax casting method. However, this erotic weight of a couple was not made to weigh gold dust, it was most likely made for decoration or selling purposes.
