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Hearst Museum object titled Gold weight, accession number 5-10610, described as Goldweight; brass, lost cast wax, cogwheel shaped with dotted circle design, 24.32 gm. weight called esiabo mienu "double asia". This is an early piece made in the period 1400-1700 A.D.*, and is of historical interest. 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 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 weights, accession number 5-10557, described as Goldweight, brass, lost wax cast; flat, rectangular w/ a double line border on three sides, on top, 3.85 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 5-10580, described as Gold weight, brass, lost wax cast; square pyramidal with two triangular indentations, on top, 3.74 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 5-10500, 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.

Hearst Museum object titled Gold weights, accession number 5-10593, described as Gold weight, brass, lost wax cast; rectangular pyramid, 14.86 gm. weight called onansia/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 5-10551, described as Goldweight, brass, lost wax cast; square pyramidal shaped w/ a protuberance on top, 2.73 gm. weight called bodommofa/soa. 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 5-10579, described as Goldweight, brass, lost wax cast; flat, warped, square with branch-like designs, on top, 2.99 gm. weight called soa. 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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