Animal-shaped weights of Burma ("opium weights")

Photo galleries in chronological order according to Mollat, Anthropos 104.2009
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To, ca. 1600 - 1680 Hintha, ca 1600 - 1760

Chinthe, ca. 1730 - 1820 Hintha, ca. 1820 - 1885

Karaweik, ca. 1820 - 1885 Beyond the standards

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