The Red Lines of Red Flame's tiny flowers serve to lead insects to the nourishing products deep inside the corolla. Red Flame flourishes in tropical shade. Indeed, by noon most flowers have fallen. Here they're still attached to their dark green plants. But fallen is that scarlet seed from the shading Bead Tree above our flowers. Those very hard seeds are still used to fashion beady necklaces; given their consistant weights they were once apparently used for weighing in the gold trade.

earliest class of Akan weights, based upon Roman weights used in Roman North Africa and adopted by many cultures within & on the periphery of the empire culturally, politically or economically.

800 or so years ago the Akan were producing these brass weights to weigh gold dust which was their currency, thus the name 'goldweights'.

They were produced by all the Akan people in both Ghana and Ivory Coast. These weights are unique to the Akan and found exclusively in the areas that they occupy.

So far the earliest archaeological evidence of goldweights comes from excavations conducted in the 1990's at Adansemanso in the Ashanti region dating from about 1200-1400. The find showed that the full technological complex associated with measuring gold dust was developed by that time.

comparison of a weight of a silver-colored metal with that of a brass/bronze weight.

800 or so years ago the Akan were producing these brass weights to weigh gold dust which was their currency, thus the name 'goldweights'.

They were produced by all the Akan people in both Ghana and Ivory Coast. These weights are unique to the Akan and found exclusively in the areas that they occupy.

So far the earliest archaeological evidence of goldweights comes from excavations conducted in the 1990's at Adansemanso in the Ashanti region dating from about 1200-1400. The find showed that the full technological complex associated with measuring gold dust was developed by that time.

comparison of a weight of a silver-colored metal with that of a brass weight.

800 or so years ago the Akan were producing these brass weights to weigh gold dust which was their currency, thus the name 'goldweights'.

They were produced by all the Akan people in both Ghana and Ivory Coast. These weights are unique to the Akan and found exclusively in the areas that they occupy.

So far the earliest archaeological evidence of goldweights comes from excavations conducted in the 1990's at Adansemanso in the Ashanti region dating from about 1200-1400. The find showed that the full technological complex associated with measuring gold dust was developed by that time.

comparison of a weight of a silver-colored metal with that of a brass/bronze weight.

800 or so years ago the Akan were producing these brass weights to weigh gold dust which was their currency, thus the name 'goldweights'.

They were produced by all the Akan people in both Ghana and Ivory Coast. These weights are unique to the Akan and found exclusively in the areas that they occupy.

So far the earliest archaeological evidence of goldweights comes from excavations conducted in the 1990's at Adansemanso in the Ashanti region dating from about 1200-1400. The find showed that the full technological complex associated with measuring gold dust was developed by that time.

comparison of a weight of a silver-colored metal with that of a brass/bronze weight.

800 or so years ago the Akan were producing these brass weights to weigh gold dust which was their currency, thus the name 'goldweights'.

They were produced by all the Akan people in both Ghana and Ivory Coast. These weights are unique to the Akan and found exclusively in the areas that they occupy.

So far the earliest archaeological evidence of goldweights comes from excavations conducted in the 1990's at Adansemanso in the Ashanti region dating from about 1200-1400. The find showed that the full technological complex associated with measuring gold dust was developed by that time.

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800 or so years ago the Akan were producing these brass weights to weigh gold dust which was their currency, thus the name 'goldweights'.

They were produced by all the Akan people in both Ghana and Ivory Coast. These weights are unique to the Akan and found exclusively in the areas that they occupy.

So far the earliest archaeological evidence of goldweights comes from excavations conducted in the 1990's at Adansemanso in the Ashanti region dating from about 1200-1400. The find showed that the full technological complex associated with measuring gold dust was developed by that time.

800 or so years ago the Akan were producing these brass weights to weigh gold dust which was their currency, thus the name 'goldweights'.

They were produced by all the Akan people in both Ghana and Ivory Coast. These weights are unique to the Akan and found exclusively in the areas that they occupy.

So far the earliest archaeological evidence of goldweights comes from excavations conducted in the 1990's at Adansemanso in the Ashanti region dating from about 1200-1400. The find showed that the full technological complex associated with measuring gold dust was developed by that time.

800 or so years ago the Akan were producing these brass weights to weigh gold dust which was their currency, thus the name 'goldweights'.

They were produced by all the Akan people in both Ghana and Ivory Coast. These weights are unique to the Akan and found exclusively in the areas that they occupy.

So far the earliest archaeological evidence of goldweights comes from excavations conducted in the 1990's at Adansemanso in the Ashanti region dating from about 1200-1400. The find showed that the full technological complex associated with measuring gold dust was developed by that time.

800 or so years ago the Akan were producing these brass weights to weigh gold dust which was their currency, thus the name 'goldweights'.

They were produced by all the Akan people in both Ghana and Ivory Coast. These weights are unique to the Akan and found exclusively in the areas that they occupy.

So far the earliest archaeological evidence of goldweights comes from excavations conducted in the 1990's at Adansemanso in the Ashanti region dating from about 1200-1400. The find showed that the full technological complex associated with measuring gold dust was developed by that time.

earliest class of Akan weights, based upon Roman weights used in Roman North Africa and adopted by many cultures within & on the periphery of the empire culturally, politically or economically.

800 or so years ago the Akan were producing these brass weights to weigh gold dust which was their currency, thus the name 'goldweights'.

They were produced by all the Akan people in both Ghana and Ivory Coast. These weights are unique to the Akan and found exclusively in the areas that they occupy.

So far the earliest archaeological evidence of goldweights comes from excavations conducted in the 1990's at Adansemanso in the Ashanti region dating from about 1200-1400. The find showed that the full technological complex associated with measuring gold dust was developed by that time.

800 or so years ago the Akan were producing these brass weights to weigh gold dust which was their currency, thus the name 'goldweights'.

They were produced by all the Akan people in both Ghana and Ivory Coast. These weights are unique to the Akan and found exclusively in the areas that they occupy.

So far the earliest archaeological evidence of goldweights comes from excavations conducted in the 1990's at Adansemanso in the Ashanti region dating from about 1200-1400. The find showed that the full technological complex associated with measuring gold dust was developed by that time.

800 or so years ago the Akan were producing these brass weights to weigh gold dust which was their currency, thus the name 'goldweights'.

They were produced by all the Akan people in both Ghana and Ivory Coast. These weights are unique to the Akan and found exclusively in the areas that they occupy.

So far the earliest archaeological evidence of goldweights comes from excavations conducted in the 1990's at Adansemanso in the Ashanti region dating from about 1200-1400. The find showed that the full technological complex associated with measuring gold dust was developed by that time.

800 or so years ago the Akan were producing these brass weights to weigh gold dust which was their currency, thus the name 'goldweights'.

They were produced by all the Akan people in both Ghana and Ivory Coast. These weights are unique to the Akan and found exclusively in the areas that they occupy.

So far the earliest archaeological evidence of goldweights comes from excavations conducted in the 1990's at Adansemanso in the Ashanti region dating from about 1200-1400. The find showed that the full technological complex associated with measuring gold dust was developed by that time.

800 or so years ago the Akan were producing these brass weights to weigh gold dust which was their currency, thus the name 'goldweights'.

They were produced by all the Akan people in both Ghana and Ivory Coast. These weights are unique to the Akan and found exclusively in the areas that they occupy.

So far the earliest archaeological evidence of goldweights comes from excavations conducted in the 1990's at Adansemanso in the Ashanti region dating from about 1200-1400. The find showed that the full technological complex associated with measuring gold dust was developed by that time.

800 or so years ago the Akan were producing these brass weights to weigh gold dust which was their currency, thus the name 'goldweights'.

They were produced by all the Akan people in both Ghana and Ivory Coast. These weights are unique to the Akan and found exclusively in the areas that they occupy.

So far the earliest archaeological evidence of goldweights comes from excavations conducted in the 1990's at Adansemanso in the Ashanti region dating from about 1200-1400. The find showed that the full technological complex associated with measuring gold dust was developed by that time.

800 or so years ago the Akan were producing these brass weights to weigh gold dust which was their currency, thus the name 'goldweights'.

They were produced by all the Akan people in both Ghana and Ivory Coast. These weights are unique to the Akan and found exclusively in the areas that they occupy.

So far the earliest archaeological evidence of goldweights comes from excavations conducted in the 1990's at Adansemanso in the Ashanti region dating from about 1200-1400. The find showed that the full technological complex associated with measuring gold dust was developed by that time.

800 or so years ago the Akan were producing these brass weights to weigh gold dust which was their currency, thus the name 'goldweights'.

They were produced by all the Akan people in both Ghana and Ivory Coast. These weights are unique to the Akan and found exclusively in the areas that they occupy.

So far the earliest archaeological evidence of goldweights comes from excavations conducted in the 1990's at Adansemanso in the Ashanti region dating from about 1200-1400. The find showed that the full technological complex associated with measuring gold dust was developed by that time.

800 or so years ago the Akan were producing these brass weights to weigh gold dust which was their currency, thus the name 'goldweights'.

They were produced by all the Akan people in both Ghana and Ivory Coast. These weights are unique to the Akan and found exclusively in the areas that they occupy.

So far the earliest archaeological evidence of goldweights comes from excavations conducted in the 1990's at Adansemanso in the Ashanti region dating from about 1200-1400. The find showed that the full technological complex associated with measuring gold dust was developed by that time.

800 or so years ago the Akan were producing these brass weights to weigh gold dust which was their currency, thus the name 'goldweights'.

They were produced by all the Akan people in both Ghana and Ivory Coast. These weights are unique to the Akan and found exclusively in the areas that they occupy.

So far the earliest archaeological evidence of goldweights comes from excavations conducted in the 1990's at Adansemanso in the Ashanti region dating from about 1200-1400. The find showed that the full technological complex associated with measuring gold dust was developed by that time.

earliest class of Akan weights, based upon Roman weights used in Roman North Africa and adopted by many cultures within & on the periphery of the empire culturally, politically or economically.

800 or so years ago the Akan were producing these brass weights to weigh gold dust which was their currency, thus the name 'goldweights'.

They were produced by all the Akan people in both Ghana and Ivory Coast. These weights are unique to the Akan and found exclusively in the areas that they occupy.

So far the earliest archaeological evidence of goldweights comes from excavations conducted in the 1990's at Adansemanso in the Ashanti region dating from about 1200-1400. The find showed that the full technological complex associated with measuring gold dust was developed by that time.

800 or so years ago the Akan were producing these brass weights to weigh gold dust which was their currency, thus the name 'goldweights'.

They were produced by all the Akan people in both Ghana and Ivory Coast. These weights are unique to the Akan and found exclusively in the areas that they occupy.

So far the earliest archaeological evidence of goldweights comes from excavations conducted in the 1990's at Adansemanso in the Ashanti region dating from about 1200-1400. The find showed that the full technological complex associated with measuring gold dust was developed by that time.

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800 or so years ago the Akan were producing these brass weights to weigh gold dust which was their currency, thus the name 'goldweights'.

They were produced by all the Akan people in both Ghana and Ivory Coast. These weights are unique to the Akan and found exclusively in the areas that they occupy.

So far the earliest archaeological evidence of goldweights comes from excavations conducted in the 1990's at Adansemanso in the Ashanti region dating from about 1200-1400. The find showed that the full technological complex associated with measuring gold dust was developed by that time.

800 or so years ago the Akan were producing these brass weights to weigh gold dust which was their currency, thus the name 'goldweights'.

They were produced by all the Akan people in both Ghana and Ivory Coast. These weights are unique to the Akan and found exclusively in the areas that they occupy.

So far the earliest archaeological evidence of goldweights comes from excavations conducted in the 1990's at Adansemanso in the Ashanti region dating from about 1200-1400. The find showed that the full technological complex associated with measuring gold dust was developed by that time.

800 or so years ago the Akan were producing these brass weights to weigh gold dust which was their currency, thus the name 'goldweights'.

They were produced by all the Akan people in both Ghana and Ivory Coast. These weights are unique to the Akan and found exclusively in the areas that they occupy.

So far the earliest archaeological evidence of goldweights comes from excavations conducted in the 1990's at Adansemanso in the Ashanti region dating from about 1200-1400. The find showed that the full technological complex associated with measuring gold dust was developed by that time.

800 or so years ago the Akan were producing these brass weights to weigh gold dust which was their currency, thus the name 'goldweights'.

They were produced by all the Akan people in both Ghana and Ivory Coast. These weights are unique to the Akan and found exclusively in the areas that they occupy.

So far the earliest archaeological evidence of goldweights comes from excavations conducted in the 1990's at Adansemanso in the Ashanti region dating from about 1200-1400. The find showed that the full technological complex associated with measuring gold dust was developed by that time.

800 or so years ago the Akan were producing these brass weights to weigh gold dust which was their currency, thus the name 'goldweights'.

They were produced by all the Akan people in both Ghana and Ivory Coast. These weights are unique to the Akan and found exclusively in the areas that they occupy.

So far the earliest archaeological evidence of goldweights comes from excavations conducted in the 1990's at Adansemanso in the Ashanti region dating from about 1200-1400. The find showed that the full technological complex associated with measuring gold dust was developed by that time.

800 or so years ago the Akan were producing these brass weights to weigh gold dust which was their currency, thus the name 'goldweights'.

They were produced by all the Akan people in both Ghana and Ivory Coast. These weights are unique to the Akan and found exclusively in the areas that they occupy.

So far the earliest archaeological evidence of goldweights comes from excavations conducted in the 1990's at Adansemanso in the Ashanti region dating from about 1200-1400. The find showed that the full technological complex associated with measuring gold dust was developed by that time.

800 or so years ago the Akan were producing these brass weights to weigh gold dust which was their currency, thus the name 'goldweights'.

They were produced by all the Akan people in both Ghana and Ivory Coast. These weights are unique to the Akan and found exclusively in the areas that they occupy.

So far the earliest archaeological evidence of goldweights comes from excavations conducted in the 1990's at Adansemanso in the Ashanti region dating from about 1200-1400. The find showed that the full technological complex associated with measuring gold dust was developed by that time.

800 or so years ago the Akan were producing these brass weights to weigh gold dust which was their currency, thus the name 'goldweights'.

They were produced by all the Akan people in both Ghana and Ivory Coast. These weights are unique to the Akan and found exclusively in the areas that they occupy.

So far the earliest archaeological evidence of goldweights comes from excavations conducted in the 1990's at Adansemanso in the Ashanti region dating from about 1200-1400. The find showed that the full technological complex associated with measuring gold dust was developed by that time.

800 or so years ago the Akan were producing these brass weights to weigh gold dust which was their currency, thus the name 'goldweights'.

They were produced by all the Akan people in both Ghana and Ivory Coast. These weights are unique to the Akan and found exclusively in the areas that they occupy.

So far the earliest archaeological evidence of goldweights comes from excavations conducted in the 1990's at Adansemanso in the Ashanti region dating from about 1200-1400. The find showed that the full technological complex associated with measuring gold dust was developed by that time.

earliest class of Akan weights, based upon Roman weights used in Roman North Africa and adopted by many cultures within & on the periphery of the empire culturally, politically or economically.

800 or so years ago the Akan were producing these brass weights to weigh gold dust which was their currency, thus the name 'goldweights'.

They were produced by all the Akan people in both Ghana and Ivory Coast. These weights are unique to the Akan and found exclusively in the areas that they occupy.

So far the earliest archaeological evidence of goldweights comes from excavations conducted in the 1990's at Adansemanso in the Ashanti region dating from about 1200-1400. The find showed that the full technological complex associated with measuring gold dust was developed by that time.

800 or so years ago the Akan were producing these brass weights to weigh gold dust which was their currency, thus the name 'goldweights'.

They were produced by all the Akan people in both Ghana and Ivory Coast. These weights are unique to the Akan and found exclusively in the areas that they occupy.

So far the earliest archaeological evidence of goldweights comes from excavations conducted in the 1990's at Adansemanso in the Ashanti region dating from about 1200-1400. The find showed that the full technological complex associated with measuring gold dust was developed by that time.

800 or so years ago the Akan were producing these brass weights to weigh gold dust which was their currency, thus the name 'goldweights'.

They were produced by all the Akan people in both Ghana and Ivory Coast. These weights are unique to the Akan and found exclusively in the areas that they occupy.

So far the earliest archaeological evidence of goldweights comes from excavations conducted in the 1990's at Adansemanso in the Ashanti region dating from about 1200-1400. The find showed that the full technological complex associated with measuring gold dust was developed by that time.

earliest class of Akan weights, based upon Roman weights used in Roman North Africa and adopted by many cultures within & on the periphery of the empire culturally, politically or economically.

800 or so years ago the Akan were producing these brass weights to weigh gold dust which was their currency, thus the name 'goldweights'.

They were produced by all the Akan people in both Ghana and Ivory Coast. These weights are unique to the Akan and found exclusively in the areas that they occupy.

So far the earliest archaeological evidence of goldweights comes from excavations conducted in the 1990's at Adansemanso in the Ashanti region dating from about 1200-1400. The find showed that the full technological complex associated with measuring gold dust was developed by that time.

800 or so years ago the Akan were producing these brass weights to weigh gold dust which was their currency, thus the name 'goldweights'.

They were produced by all the Akan people in both Ghana and Ivory Coast. These weights are unique to the Akan and found exclusively in the areas that they occupy.

So far the earliest archaeological evidence of goldweights comes from excavations conducted in the 1990's at Adansemanso in the Ashanti region dating from about 1200-1400. The find showed that the full technological complex associated with measuring gold dust was developed by that time.

earliest class of Akan weights, based upon Roman weights used in Roman North Africa and adopted by many cultures within & on the periphery of the empire culturally, politically or economically.

800 or so years ago the Akan were producing these brass weights to weigh gold dust which was their currency, thus the name 'goldweights'.

They were produced by all the Akan people in both Ghana and Ivory Coast. These weights are unique to the Akan and found exclusively in the areas that they occupy.

So far the earliest archaeological evidence of goldweights comes from excavations conducted in the 1990's at Adansemanso in the Ashanti region dating from about 1200-1400. The find showed that the full technological complex associated with measuring gold dust was developed by that time.

800 or so years ago the Akan were producing these brass weights to weigh gold dust which was their currency, thus the name 'goldweights'.

They were produced by all the Akan people in both Ghana and Ivory Coast. These weights are unique to the Akan and found exclusively in the areas that they occupy.

So far the earliest archaeological evidence of goldweights comes from excavations conducted in the 1990's at Adansemanso in the Ashanti region dating from about 1200-1400. The find showed that the full technological complex associated with measuring gold dust was developed by that time.

800 or so years ago the Akan were producing these brass weights to weigh gold dust which was their currency, thus the name 'goldweights'.

They were produced by all the Akan people in both Ghana and Ivory Coast. These weights are unique to the Akan and found exclusively in the areas that they occupy.

So far the earliest archaeological evidence of goldweights comes from excavations conducted in the 1990's at Adansemanso in the Ashanti region dating from about 1200-1400. The find showed that the full technological complex associated with measuring gold dust was developed by that time.

800 or so years ago the Akan were producing these brass weights to weigh gold dust which was their currency, thus the name 'goldweights'.

They were produced by all the Akan people in both Ghana and Ivory Coast. These weights are unique to the Akan and found exclusively in the areas that they occupy.

So far the earliest archaeological evidence of goldweights comes from excavations conducted in the 1990's at Adansemanso in the Ashanti region dating from about 1200-1400. The find showed that the full technological complex associated with measuring gold dust was developed by that time.

800 or so years ago the Akan were producing these brass weights to weigh gold dust which was their currency, thus the name 'goldweights'.

They were produced by all the Akan people in both Ghana and Ivory Coast. These weights are unique to the Akan and found exclusively in the areas that they occupy.

So far the earliest archaeological evidence of goldweights comes from excavations conducted in the 1990's at Adansemanso in the Ashanti region dating from about 1200-1400. The find showed that the full technological complex associated with measuring gold dust was developed by that time.

earliest class of Akan weights, based upon Roman weights used in Roman North Africa and adopted by many cultures within & on the periphery of the empire culturally, politically or economically.

800 or so years ago the Akan were producing these brass weights to weigh gold dust which was their currency, thus the name 'goldweights'.

They were produced by all the Akan people in both Ghana and Ivory Coast. These weights are unique to the Akan and found exclusively in the areas that they occupy.

So far the earliest archaeological evidence of goldweights comes from excavations conducted in the 1990's at Adansemanso in the Ashanti region dating from about 1200-1400. The find showed that the full technological complex associated with measuring gold dust was developed by that time.

800 or so years ago the Akan were producing these brass weights to weigh gold dust which was their currency, thus the name 'goldweights'.

They were produced by all the Akan people in both Ghana and Ivory Coast. These weights are unique to the Akan and found exclusively in the areas that they occupy.

So far the earliest archaeological evidence of goldweights comes from excavations conducted in the 1990's at Adansemanso in the Ashanti region dating from about 1200-1400. The find showed that the full technological complex associated with measuring gold dust was developed by that time.

800 or so years ago the Akan were producing these brass weights to weigh gold dust which was their currency, thus the name 'goldweights'.

They were produced by all the Akan people in both Ghana and Ivory Coast. These weights are unique to the Akan and found exclusively in the areas that they occupy.

So far the earliest archaeological evidence of goldweights comes from excavations conducted in the 1990's at Adansemanso in the Ashanti region dating from about 1200-1400. The find showed that the full technological complex associated with measuring gold dust was developed by that time.