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1. Arm

Museum number:
9-8244b
Object class:
Figurines and Fragments (object portions)
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Collection place:
China

2. Figurine

Museum number:
9-12839
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Collector:
Lila Jackson
Collection place:
Myanmar (Burma)

3. Measuring stick

Museum number:
3-27340
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Collector:
John W. Gilmore
Collection place:
El Salvador
Collection date:
unknown

4. Measuring stick

Museum number:
3-27339
Culture or time period:
Zapotec
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Collector:
J. N. Bowman
Collection place:
Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca, Mexico
Collection date:
ca. 1940

5. Measuring stick model

Museum number:
1-1575
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions and 7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Dimensions:
length 25.2 centimeters and diameter 0.8 centimeters
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Collection date:
1901

6. Measuring stick model

Museum number:
1-1574
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions and 7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Dimensions:
length 49.3 centimeters and diameter 1 centimeters
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Collection date:
1901

7. Metal figurine

Museum number:
5-14117
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Dimensions:
height 8.1 centimeters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Collection date:
ca. 1948

8. Oshe shango - staff for shango

Museum number:
5-10873
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Maker or artist:
Duga of Meko
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies and 7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Dimensions:
height 53 centimeters and width 23 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Meko, Nigeria
Collection date:
unknown

9. Powder measure

Museum number:
2-19559
Culture or time period:
Tututni
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Dimensions:
length 7 centimeters
Collector:
unknown
Collection place:
Port Orford, Curry County, Oregon
Collection date:
unknown

10. Powder measure

Museum number:
2-66151
Culture or time period:
North America Unspecified
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Collection place:
North America

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