Object name: Gold weights, rectangle / Object class: Scale components / Function: 7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Gold weights, rectangle, accession number 5-10599, described as Goldweight; brass, lost wax cast, rectangular with rows of bumps on top, 14.53 weight called onamfi. 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.