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Hearst Museum object titled Gold weights, pyramid, accession number 5-10528, described as Goldweight; brass, lost wax cast, notched square-base pyramid, 35.30 gm. weight called asoanu "two osoa" 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, pyramid, accession number 5-10582, described as Goldweight, brass, lost wax cast; square pyramidal with a checkered top, 3.73 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.