Nesting weight

Museum number:

3-14984d

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Accession number:

Acc.1189

Description:

Marco."A series of brass nesting cups supposed to weigh 16 ounces, of a type used all over Guatemala in markets as weights in the simple wooden beam balance scale used. The outer cup is supposed to weight 8 ounces, the next 4, the next 2, the next 1, and the last two 1/2 ounces each. These are combined in any form needed. Made in Guatemala City.

Donor:

George M. Foster and Mary LeCron Foster

Collection place:

Guatemala City, Guatemala Department, Guatemala

Collector:

George M. Foster

Collection date:

July 2, 1956

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Weights (scale components)

Accession date:

1956

Department:

Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area