Object name: Gold weights, butterfly / Object class: Measuring device components - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Gold weights, butterfly, accession number 5-10530, described as Goldweight, brass, lost wax cast; butterfly, 8.25 gm. weight called 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.