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Hearst Museum object titled Gold weights, square, accession number 5-10598, described as Goldweight; brass, lost wax cast, square/circular shape with triangular and looping designs on top. 20/07 gm. weight called osoa ne nsoansafa. 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, square, accession number 5-10558, described as Goldweight, brass, lost wax cast; flat, square w/ an asterisk design, on top, 2.26 gm. weight called nsoansafa. 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, square, accession number 5-10560, described as Goldweight, brass, lost wax cast; square pyramidal, 3.92 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, square, accession number 5-10598, described as Goldweight; brass, lost wax cast, square/circular shape with triangular and looping designs on top. 20/07 gm. weight called osoa ne nsoansafa. 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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Hearst Museum object titled Gold weights, square, accession number 5-10558, described as Goldweight, brass, lost wax cast; flat, square w/ an asterisk design, on top, 2.26 gm. weight called nsoansafa. 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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Hearst Museum object titled Gold weights, square, accession number 5-10560, described as Goldweight, brass, lost wax cast; square pyramidal, 3.92 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.

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