balance; two round shallow pans, each attached by brad-like pins to three link-chains suspending them from each end of the beam, a flat iron piece. from the center of the beam, the indicator extends downward between the shears. the shears are movable & are weighted by a ball wrapped in rag strip. Beam 42 cm length; pans - 22.5 cm diameter.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Richard Lerner
Collection place:
Delhi State, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Delhi State, Delhi
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Richard Lerner
Collection date:
June 19, 1969
Materials:
Iron (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Balances (scales)
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Accession date:
1970
Context of use:
used for weighing fruit. in use 4 years. cost: Rs. 13. used by Babu lal, 49 years old, from Hardoi, U.P., lives in Riram (?), New Delhi, goes to market by bus #46, 40np each way, arrives 5 am, finished by afternoon. he can earn Rs. 7-8 per day. the balance was bought at bazaar behind Fe__pur nasjid, Delhi. it includes 4 weights 9-11534a-d
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
beam— length 42 centimeters and pans— diameter 22.5 centimeters