Donor: William Russell Bascom / Culture or time period: Ashanti / Function: 7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Gold weight, accession number 5-16011, described as Royal gold weight: Ashanti; brass; in the form of a forest spirit sitting astride crotch of a tree stump. square beard, two blunt horns on top of head, legs loop to the right with 4-5 toes on each. bascom paper label on bottom.

Hearst Museum object titled Gold weight, accession number 5-11737, described as gold weight. rectangular cast brass with incised marking on all edges. native name is “Asoanu.” 35.43 grams

Hearst Museum object titled Gold weight, accession number 5-11739, described as Ashanti gold weight. square cast brass with 2 rows of zigzags on one face; “dwoa” [13.08 grams].