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 5-10584, described as Goldweight, brass, lost wax cast; square with a line and comb-like designs, on top, 3.57 gm. weight called borofo. 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 5-10594, described as Goldweight, brass, lost wax cast; flat rectangular with a raised perimeter and two diagonal lines connecting the opposite corners, 9.2 gm. weight called suru/ piresuru. 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 5-10590, described as Pendant; lost wax cast, brass replica of Ashanti fertility doll 9akua-ba), blackened. ht. 5 cm. Described by donor as a fake figurative gold weight

Hearst Museum object titled Gold weights, accession number 5-10503, described as Gold weight, brass, lost wax cast; simple, four pronged object, 6.89 gm. weight called dwoasuru.

Hearst Museum object titled Gold weights, accession number 5-10616, described as Goldweight; brass, Lost cast wax, square/circular shape with triangular designs on top, 17.38 gm. weight called osoa. 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 5-10586, described as Goldweight, lost wax cast; rectangular with a two circled and two lined design on top, 4.51 gm. weight called nsoansa. 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 5-10618, described as Goldweight; brass, lost wax cast, elongated, rectangular with seven rings on top, 15.61 gm. weight called onansoa, tekimansua.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 5-10500, described as Gold weight, brass, lost wax cast; shield, curved square frame with eight protuberances, 9.67 gm. weight called piresuru.

Hearst Museum object titled Gold weights, accession number 5-10564, described as Gold weight, brass, lost wax cast; flat square with two rows of vertical short line segments and three long horizontal lines, on one side, 5.49 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 5-10537, described as Goldweight, base, lost wax cast; square w/ a structure of three parallel lines at their centers to a perpendicular line, on top, a 5.96 gm weight called nsano.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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