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1. Balance beam

Museum number:
5-3248a
Culture or time period:
Baule
Object class:
Balances (scales)
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Tivi Province, Cote d'Ivoire
Collection date:
July 1963

2. Balance beam

Museum number:
5-10478a
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object class:
Balances (scales)
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Collection place:
Ghana

3. Balance scale

Museum number:
5-16892
Culture or time period:
Nubian
Object class:
Balances (scales)
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Dimensions:
length 16.5 centimeters and height 7.5 centimeters
Collector:
Robert I. Orlins
Collection place:
Tomas Village, Sudan
Collection date:
1964-1965

4. Beam

Museum number:
5-10481a
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Collection place:
Ghana

5. Beam

Museum number:
5-10480a
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Collection place:
Ghana

6. Brass object

Museum number:
5-16303
Culture or time period:
Senufo
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana

7. Coin weight

Museum number:
5-14599
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Collection place:
Cairo, Egypt

8. Coin weight

Museum number:
5-1489
Culture or time period:
Arab Egypt (641–969 AD)
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Collection place:
Old Cairo, Cairo, Lower Egypt

9. Coin weight

Museum number:
5-14603
Culture or time period:
Fatimid Caliphate (909–1171 AD)
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Collection place:
Cairo, Egypt

10. Coin weight

Museum number:
5-14604
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Collection place:
Cairo, Egypt