Scale; pan balance; 2 metal pans, arm balance made of pine; support cords. Pans: 20 cm diameter x 7 cm depth. Arm: 29 cm length. Made by men. Used by men and women for measuring wights and amounts of articles for sale in markets.
Donor:
Julius Stephen Kassovic and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Panajachel, Sololá, Guatemala
Collector:
Julius Stephen Kassovic
Collection date:
August 30, 1969
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Balances (scales)
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Accession date:
1969
Context of use:
Made by men. Used by men and women for measuring weights and amounts of articles for sale in markets.