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balance, coin

human history
  • Ingoa Kē

    sovereign scales

  • Kupu whakaahua

    balance, coin

    coin balance, used for measuring the weight and thickness of sovereigns and half sovereigns; two coin cradles with engraved text: SOVEREIGN / WARRA...; SOVEREIGN / 1/2.

  • Wāhi
  • Accession Number
    1944.149
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    1944
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    col.1959 (colonial)

    27675 (ethnology)

  • Wāhanga
balance, coin, 1944.149, col.1959, 27675, Photographed by… … Read more

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