黄金重量：护身符 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	黄金重量：护身符
品名（英）	Gold Weight: Amulet
入馆年号	1994年，1994.312.10
策展部门	迈克尔·洛克菲勒之翼（The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1700 - 公元 1800
创作地区	加纳（Ghana）
分类	金属工具（Metal-Implements）
尺寸	H x W x D: 1 3/4 x 3/8 x 1/4 英寸 (4.4 x 1 x 0.6 厘米)
介绍（中）	铸造黄铜黄金砝码，被称为abrammo（sing.mrammo），是由阿卡商人和统治者开发的，目的是在撒哈拉沙漠以外的交换网络中，使现今加纳矿山的黄金粉尘贸易标准化。在国内，金因其装饰性和象征性而受到阿卡国王的重视。除了通过贸易为阿卡王国带来巨大财富之外，黄金被认为是地球上太阳的对应物，是克拉（kra）或生命力量的化身，并被纳入了一系列宫廷用具。尽管15世纪最早的黄金砝码显示了受北非伊斯兰传统启发的抽象或几何图案，但17世纪以后的砝码在设计上是具象的。一些人从王室服饰中获取了他们的形象，这很可能是因为阿卡国王在这个时候越来越多地参与了贸易监管这个重量代表国王为了保护而佩戴的一种三角形护身符，特别是在战争时期。这类护身符是由折叠的古兰经文本制成，并用皮革包裹起来的，证明了阿卡宫廷通过贸易与外界接触的世界性。
介绍（英）	Cast brass gold weights, known as abrammuo (sing. mrammuo), were developed by Akan merchants and rulers to standardize the trade in gold dust from mines in present-day Ghana in networks of exchange that extended beyond the Sahara Desert. Domestically, gold was valued by the Akan kings for its decorative and symbolic qualities. Aside from bringing enormous wealth to the Akan kingdoms through trade, gold was considered the earthly counterpart to the sun and an incarnation of kra, or life force, and was incorporated into a wide spectrum of courtly paraphernalia. While the earliest gold weights from the fifteenth century displayed abstract or geometric motifs inspired by North African Islamic traditions, later weights from the seventeenth century onward were figurative in design. Some take their imagery from royal accoutrements, likely in reference to the Akan kings' increasing involvement in the regulation of the trade at this time. This weight represents a type of triangular amulet worn by the king for protection, especially at times of war. Such amulets, constructed from Qur'anic texts folded and encased in leather, are evidence of the cosmopolitan nature of the Akan courts' engagement with the outside world through trade.