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Hearst Museum object titled Gold weights, accession number 5-10495, described as Gold weight, brass, lost wax cast; a dagger, flat, triangular blade, 8.70 gm. weight called suru.

Hearst Museum object titled Gold weights, accession number 5-10510, described as Gold weight, brass, lost wax cast; a peanut, 9.66 gm. weight called piresuru.

Hearst Museum object titled Gold weights, accession number 5-10478a-c, described as Scales; one balance beam from which two brass trays are suspended by string. A) balance beam; solid brass, three holes, one for string handle, two for hanging the scales on, 1g 14cm. B) scale tray; circular, slightly concave sheet brass, diam. 6 cm. C) scale tray; same as B, diam. 6 cm. Used for balancing gold dust against specific gold weights as part of the Ivory Coast gold dust currrency which thrived from the 1400s through 1800s.

Hearst Museum object titled Gold weights, accession number 5-10548, described as Goldweight, brass, lost wax cast; flat, rectangular, w/ three horizontal and four vertical lines on top, 6.55 gm. weight called dwoasuru. 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. Shows evidence of added weight (Benedict)

Hearst Museum object titled Gold weights, accession number 5-11411, described as Abrammo (weight), Ghana, Accra; purchased, origin uncertain. July 20,1972. 5-11411, acc no. 2870, file code 7.3. Collector: Andrew B. Smith. Donor: Andrew B. Smith. Materials, techniques: brass, lost wax cast. Context of use: In the days when gold dust was the currency of the Gold Coast, such weights served to measure out quantities of gold; made and used by each dealer for himself. They did not bear marks of denomination, nor were they checked by officials. Description: Goldweight in the form of a small rectangular brass bar ornamented with five circles on top; 29 mm. l., 4.44 gm., corresponding to nsuansa on the Asante scale. Made by: most gold-dealers made their own weights. Role in Trade: served both to ascertain quantities of gold and to deceive customers if possible. Reference: Brigitte Menzel: Goldgewichte aus Ghana Veroffentlichungen des Mus. fur Volkerkunde Berlin, Neue Folge 12; 1968.

Hearst Museum object titled Gold weights, accession number 5-10617, described as Goldweight, brass, lost cast wax; square with curved side, a row of lines and a criss-cross pattern on top, 11.77 gm. weight called asia. 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, antelope, accession number 5-10489, described as Gold weight, brass, lost wax cast; man shooting leopard, 107.35 gm. weight called perequan asoanu.

Hearst Museum object titled Gold weights, box lid with birds, accession number 5-10487, described as Ring; heavy, solid brass, engraved geometric straight and diagonal lines and small circles. diam 4 cm; w. 1.5 cm. Associated with the gold dust currency which existed on the Ivory Coast from the 1400's through 1800's.

Hearst Museum object titled Gold weights, butterfly, accession number 5-10530, described as Goldweight, brass, lost wax cast; butterfly, 8.25 gm. weight called 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, cannon, accession number 5-10511, described as Gold weight, brass, lost wax cast; cannon, 12.81 gm. weight called dwoa.

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