Akan artist (Ghana)
After a long period of varying weight standards, two common units prevailed: the nsoansa (4.4 grams) and the substantially larger pereguan (70.4 grams). Weights much larger than the pereguan are more rare and known as chief’s weights since few ordinary transactions called for such measures.
-Ethan Rider, citing Phillips, African Goldweights, 2010
2″ x 1.75″ x 0.75″
weight 263.6 grams
2″ x 2″ x 0.50″
weight 246.6 grams
$225 each
