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 5-10603, 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 5-10587, described as Goldweight, brass, lost wax cast; elongated bell shaped, 4.19 gm weight called agyiratwe. 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 5-10562, described as Goldweight, brass, lost wax cast; triangular w/ rows of vertical lines, 3.97 gm. weight called agyiratwe. 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 5-10600, described as Goldweight, brass, lost wax cast; rectangular with two rows of rectangular gouges on top, 14.94 gm. weight called onansoa/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.

Hearst Museum object titled Gold weights, accession number 5-10575, described as Goldweight, brass, lost wax cast; rectangular with a row of vertical lines, 6.62 gm. weight called dwoa 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 5-10573, described as Goldweight, lost wax cast, brass, square pyramidal, 5.52 gm. weight called nnomanu. 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 5-10502, described as Gold weight, brass, lost wax cast; man holding gun and dagger with leopard, 47.98 gm. weight called asoanu ne dwoa.

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.

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