Object class: Measuring device components / Function: 7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Gold weights, accession number 5-10614, described as Goldweight, brass, lost wax cast; flat circular with three notches on each pole, 10.05 gm. weight called piresuru. The everyday businessman's weight were for the amounts of gold dust used for money in much of West Africa from the 1400's through the 1800's.

Hearst Museum object titled Gold weights, accession number 5-10602, described as Goldweight; brass, lost cast wax, circular with a row of circles and grooves stamped on top, 13.54 gm. weight called dwoa. The everyday businessman's weight were for the amounts of gold dust used for money in much of West Africa from the 1400's through the 1800's. Shows evidence of trimming to make up weight

Hearst Museum object titled Gold weights, accession number 5-10550, described as Goldweight, brass, lost wax cast; flat, square with a small protuberance on one side, design on top of partitioned into four squares with horizontal and vertical lines, 4.83 gm. weight called bodommo. The everyday businessman's weight for the amount of gold dust used as money in much of West Africa from the 1400s through the 1800s.

Hearst Museum object titled Gold weights, accession number 5-10604, described as Goldweight, brass, lost wax cast; smooth edged, square shaped with a smaller square with two notches, on top, 12.95 gm. weight called dwoa. The everyday businessman's weight were for the amounts of gold dust used for money in much of West Africa from the 1400's through the 1800's.

Hearst Museum object titled Gold weights, accession number 5-10603, described as Goldweight, brass, lost wax cast; smooth edged trapezoid shape with a checkered rectangular segment of top, 13.02 gm. weight called dwoa. The everyday businessman's weight were for the amounts of gold dust used for money in much of West Africa from the 1400's through the 1800's. Shows evidence of trimming to make up weight

Hearst Museum object titled Gold weights, accession number 5-10512, described as Gold weight, brass, lost wax cast; hammer, rectangular head, probably a metal smiths hammer, 6.06 gm. weight called nsano.

Hearst Museum object titled Gold weights, accession number 5-10571, described as Goldweight, brass, lost wax cast; square with two parallel line structures on top, 8.48 gm. weight called bremanansuru/suru. The everyday businessman's weight for the amount of gold dust used as money in much of West Africa from the 1400s through the 1800s.

Hearst Museum object titled Gold weights, accession number 5-10535, described as Goldweight, copper lost wax cast; flat, square, coiled, 3.30 gm. weight called domma, fiaso. The everyday businessman's weight for the amount of gold dust used as money in much of West Africa from the 1400s through the 1800s.

Hearst Museum object titled Gold weights, accession number 5-10578, described as Goldweight, brass, lost wax cast; flat, square with a checkered design of lines with a diagonal across, on top, 2.49 gm. weight called bodommofa. The everyday businessman's weight for the amount of gold dust used as money in much of West Africa from the 1400s through the 1800s.

Hearst Museum object titled Gold weights, accession number 5-10572, described as Goldweight, brass, lost wax cast; rectangular with seventeen circles indented in three columns on top, 7.43 gm. weight called namfisuru. The everyday businessman's weight for the amount of gold dust used as money in much of West Africa from the 1400s through the 1800s.

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