Title
Goldsmith's scales
Year/Period
20th century
Region
Johor, Malay Peninsula
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 18.8 x 9 x 4 cm
Accession No.
XXXX-10853
Collection of
Credit Line
Acquired from G.B. Gardner, 1938
This wooden case consists of a set of goldsmith’s scales, a pair of weights and a horn-shaped mallet. G.B. Gardner, an early Southeast Asian explorer and scholar, notes in his journal that this kind of scale was used by Bugis merchants in Johor.The Bugis people were traders and warriors who live on the south-western peninsula of Sulawesi Island. They first arrived in Malaysia during the 16th century and settled in various parts of Malaysia in the states of Johor, Selangor and Pulau Pinang.
