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Often represented with animals familliers, these objects served for
measuring the golden dust during commercial transactions.
Durable article serving still sometimes in the put off parts of the
country.
This weight in shape of Hornbill, in an equivalence of 30 grams.
In finely decorated yellow brass.
The represented bird, is probably Segen the original bird
of Senoufo.
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