[AKAN]. NIANGORAN-BOUHA, Georges. The Akan world of gold wei - Lot 7

[AKAN]. NIANGORAN-BOUHA, Georges. The Akan world of gold weights. Les poids figuratifs. Abidjan, Les Nouvelles Éditions Africaines M.L.B., 1984. In-4, publisher's gray cloth-covered boards with gilded design on front cover, in illustrated dust jacket. 313 pages, numerous black and color illustrations, some full-page. Text in English and French. Dust jacket lightly shaded in places and chipped, slight tear to spine of dust jacket. Original edition limited to 7500 copies. Second volume in a series of three devoted to the weights used by the Akan peoples of West Africa to weigh gold, this one dealing with figurative weights, which represent beings, objects or scenes. A very good copy.