ASHANTI BRASS GOLDWEIGHTS AND PARAPHERNALIA: thirty-five figurative weights: two mudfish, a crocodile, a snake, a scorpion, a quadruped, two figures shaking hands, three birds, three bird groups, a large crab claw and a beetle cast from nature, two swords, two seed pods, a cannon, a knot, four horns, two fans, four shields, two stools, a chair, an altar (?); thirty-three geometric weights; two small brass boxes for gold-dust; a brass pseudo gold-dust box; three brass spoons; and a pair of scales (75)

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ASHANTI BRASS GOLDWEIGHTS AND PARAPHERNALIA: thirty-five figurative weights: two mudfish, a crocodile, a snake, a scorpion, a quadruped, two figures shaking hands, three birds, three bird groups, a large crab claw and a beetle cast from nature, two swords, two seed pods, a cannon, a knot, four horns, two fans, four shields, two stools, a chair, an altar (?); thirty-three geometric weights; two small brass boxes for gold-dust; a brass pseudo gold-dust box; three brass spoons; and a pair of scales (75)

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