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

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Hearst Museum object titled Gold weights, curvilinear ornament, accession number 5-10532, described as Goldweight, brass, lost cast wax; curvilinear ornament, 18.81 gm. weight called onansoa/osoa, L-11cm, W-4cm. 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.