Object class: Scales (weighing devices) / Collection place: Asia / Culture or time period: Asian cultures - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Balance, accession number 9-13631a,b, described as Balance; a - beam, wood, 95.5 cm long; metal inlaid markings; b - copper pan, diam. 19.5 cm China, Hong Kong, New Territories Wood, iron, leather, cotton, copper made by men. Still used as legal weighing device. Pan supplied seems disproportionately small. In villages this size would be kept by village elders for apportioning harvests. Weighs up to 100 catties. Purchased in curio/second hand shop.

Hearst Museum object titled Scale, accession number 9-21344a-c, described as Pair of scales in wood case. Brass weight (c) hanging by green silk cord from calibrated ivory or walrus-tooth beam. Bowl (a) of the same metal for pinched-off silver. Beam (also a) to be held by one of three green silk threads, according to weight of silver. Center thread with red tassel. Closure of wood case (b) with copper(?) latch; rivet also copper(?). Length of beam: 25 cm; width of bowl: 6 cm; length of case: 29 cm; greatest width: 7 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Scale, accession number 9-11533, described as balance; two round shallow pans, each attached by brad-like pins to three link-chains suspending them from each end of the beam, a flat iron piece. from the center of the beam, the indicator extends downward between the shears. the shears are movable & are weighted by a ball wrapped in rag strip. Beam 42 cm length; pans - 22.5 cm diameter.

Hearst Museum object titled Scale, accession number 9-16326a-c, described as Scale (steelyard); a) beam: wood, brass inlaid calibrations, iron fittings copper sheathed, 67 cm. long. b) pan: galvanized iron, 25.5 cm. long, 22.5 cm. wide, 5 cm. deep. c) counterweight: cast iron, two Chinese ideograms, 4.75 cm. high, 5 cm. deep.

Hearst Museum object titled Scale, accession number 18-1259, described as Scale, pan balance; two brass pans hang from rod via strings. For trade. Perhaps Chinese in origin. Pans each 5 cm. diameter.

Hearst Museum object titled Scale, weighing, accession number 9-16350, described as Scales: 2 hemispherical hide pans suspended from wooden beam with cotton cord.