he Dravidian communities primarily lived with what they produced locally. Later as civilization emanated one after the other, communities started to barter their produced locally. Later as civilization emanated one after the other, communities started to barter their produce with people in neighbouring hamlets. Then came the need to qualify and quantify the materials they produced. Thus, emerged the concept of weights and measures. This scale displayed here was not of the primary tools used by the more developed societies of India. It is a single scale to weigh the items of barter. This scale contains 3 key elements. First the wooden rod which is thin at one end and broader on the other. Second, is the metal pan and the most critical is the suspending thread, which is technically adjusted to identify the weight. This scale was used very locally. Incidentally there were no pre determined weights used. The produce was placed on the steel pan and the suspending thread was adjusted to identify the measure. Care must be taken to note the steel pan and the suspending thread was adjusted to identify the measure. Care must be taken to note the measurements etched in an unidentified script on the rod at the thinner edge. This tool is from the tribal families living in the hills near the South Indian Town of Vellore. This is from a part of the personal antique collection of Mr. Steve Borgia and his family and is exhibited at INDeco Hotels Swamimalai, India’s only winner of the Global Eco Tourism Award.