Bamboo scale. One side of this comparative scale shows measurements of Japan. Holland, England, France and a fifth country. The Japanese scale is the longest of the five and its ten inches make the longer of the Japanese foot measures. The other side, which is metrically graded to 300 millimeters and in additon shows five other scales. Scale and slider.
Donor:
John Campbell Merriam and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Japan
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Bamboo (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Balances (scales)
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Accession date:
January 22, 1901
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1976-1977 #7: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (August 16, 1976–March 28, 1978)