OPIUM WEIGHT IN FORM OF AN ELEPHANTBronzeBurma , 18th centuryDimensions: Height 8 cmWeight: 784The smalles opium weights were used to weigh opium, however they were also used for everyday objects of trade. With the British occupation of Birma in 1885 they were replaced with round and flat weights and no official bronze weights were cast anymore. Unofficially brass weights in animal shape were still cast into the 20th century.