Original Burmese Opium weight Burma F12

Opium weight, Burma

Bronze opium weight, Burma.

Style: 
Classic Chicken (male) style.

Opium weights were used not only as units of opium measurement, but used in everyday transactions where items were traded by weight.

They were produced in a range of different designs, primarily based on animals or creatures from local religion/mythology.

They were produced in series from very small weights to much larger sizes.

Although the units of measurement do not correspond neatly to western scales of measurement, there is a proportional relationship, between the various sizes in a series.

Dimensions: 
3 cm high x 1.9 cm wide x 2.1 cm long.

Weight:
32g.

Date: 
circa 19th century.