Akan Goldgewichte im bernischen historischen Museum / Gold weights in the Berne Historical Museum.
Bern: Benteli Verlag, 1992. Second edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 163pp. Original color illustrated dust jacket over gray cloth with gilt illustration on cover and gilt lettering on spine. A richly illustrated volume on gold weights of the Akan people in the African regions known as Ghana, Togo, and Ivory Coast today. 56 color plates depicting brass weights as well as b/w photographs and drawings illuminate culture and trade habits in this region. Graffenried's writings on history, collectors, gold, its prevalence, extraction, and usage, including as currency, provide a vibrant picture of the precious metal as it pertains to the culture of the Akan people. Text in German and English. DJ with minor wear, protected in modern mylar. Blind stamp of the Library of Norman Hurst on title page. DJ in very good, binding and interior in very good, near fine condition. vg. Item #34770
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