Beam balance

Museum number:
3-277
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
277 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.47 and Acc.61
Description:
Wooden beam balance (balanza) 28.3 cm long with twined basketry pans suspended with string. Object name was "two shallow woven baskets attached to wooden handle
Donor:
Gustavus A. Eisen and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Huehuetenango (city), Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Maya
Collector:
Gustavus A. Eisen
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Wood (plant material) (basketry and string too)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Balances (scales)
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
October 20, 1902
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Beam balance, accession number 3-277, described as Wooden beam balance (balanza) 28.3 cm long with twined basketry pans suspended with string. Object name was "two shallow woven baskets attached to wooden handle
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Beam balance, accession number 3-277, described as Wooden beam balance (balanza) 28.3 cm long with twined basketry pans suspended with string. Object name was "two shallow woven baskets attached to wooden handle

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