Gold dust functioned as a universal medium of exchange in West Africa, measured on scales according to a standardised system of weights. The brass weights and boxes for storing gold dust were decorated with geometric and figurative designs. Figurative designs featured a wide range of animate and inanimate objects such as the drummer, crocodile, bird, catfish, antelope, cutlass, cartridge belt, drum and horns featured in the RCS set. The significance of the gold weights as an art form transcends their economic function, sometimes alluding to proverbs and folktales, and reflecting wider Asante spiritual beliefs and cultural practices.

The collection is stored in three boxes:
ORCS.4.05a contains a hollow brass model of a hut, 110 mm in height.
ORCS.4.05b contains 6 weights and boxes and the scoop
ORCS.4.05c contains 14 weights and boxes and the scales