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 weight, accession number 5-14919, described as goldweight, cast brass; two men (Amoaku and Adu) shaking hands; self base; wt. 22.8 g., ht. 4.4 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Gold weight, accession number 5-16577, described as Gold weight; grasshopper. direct burnout casting, not cire perdue.

Hearst Museum object titled Gold weight, accession number 5-10882, described as Ashanti gold weight. brass man; prisoner - with knife in mouth and hands tied. 18.5 grams

Hearst Museum object titled Gold weight, accession number 5-10867, described as Ashanti gold weight; figurine, man holding sword in right hand and egg in left hand. wearing conical hat, trousers, three diagonal straps.

Hearst Museum object titled Gold weight, accession number 5-10887, described as gold weight; scorpion, flat, light colored, raised design on back, outstretched pincers, cross design on back, four brass loops on each side, coiled eyes. 26.3 grams.

Hearst Museum object titled Gold weight, accession number 5-10553, described as Gold weight, brass, lost wax cast; square, w/ a row of the line segments and triangular designs, on top, 4.45 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 weight, accession number 5-16652, described as shield, openwork.

Hearst Museum object titled Gold weight, accession number 5-16565, described as Gold weight; trumpet with jaw bones.

Hearst Museum object titled Gold weight, accession number 5-10896, described as gold weight. Ashanti man playing ivory trumpet. tarnished brass. 44.7 grams

Hearst Museum object titled Gold weight, accession number 5-16596, described as Gold weight; male inflourescence of oil palm.

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