[AKAN]. NIANGORAN-BOUHA, Georges. The Akan world of gold wei - Lot 8

[AKAN]. NIANGORAN-BOUHA, Georges. The Akan world of gold weights. Les poids non figuratifs. Abidjan, Les Nouvelles Éditions Africaines M.L.B., 1984. In-4, publisher's purple cloth boards with gilt design on front cover, in illustrated dust jacket. 311 pages, numerous black and color illustrations, some full-page. Text in English and French. Dust jacket slightly yellowed at margins, small marginal tear and pen mark on dust jacket. Original edition limited to 15,000 copies. First 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 non-figurative weights, with numerous illustrative photographs. A very good copy.