Weights

Museum number:
9-11534a-d
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210911534a@2dd
Accession number:
Acc.2697
Description:
iron weights, 4; 100g, 200g, 500g, 1kg; hexagonal shaped with weight marked in Arabic numerals and English and Hindi units (grams, kilograms). below the weight appears the letters B.N.F. Diameter: 3.5 cm, 4.5 cm, 6.2 cm, 8 cm
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:
before November 1970
Materials:
Iron (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Accession date:
1970
Context of use:
in use 4 years, used for weighing fruit in this case. they belong with balance 9-11533; see for further information
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
a— diameter 3.5 centimeters, c— weight 500 grams, b— diameter 4.5 centimeters, b— weight 200 grams, d— diameter 8 centimeters, c— diameter 6.2 centimeters, a— weight 100 grams, and d— weight 1000 grams
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Weights, accession number 9-11534a-d, described as iron weights, 4; 100g, 200g, 500g, 1kg; hexagonal shaped with weight marked in Arabic numerals and English and Hindi units (grams, kilograms). below the weight appears the letters B.N.F. Diameter: 3.5 cm, 4.5 cm, 6.2 cm, 8 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Weights, accession number 9-11534a-d, described as iron weights, 4; 100g, 200g, 500g, 1kg; hexagonal shaped with weight marked in Arabic numerals and English and Hindi units (grams, kilograms). below the weight appears the letters B.N.F. Diameter: 3.5 cm, 4.5 cm, 6.2 cm, 8 cm

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