Clock, brass; engraved with floral and leaf designs; hand has arrow point at one end; face encircled with two concentric circles with lines which divide middle area into 30 squares; clock sits on top in case, weight hangs down into hollow area behind vertical row of 13 brass pieces, oblong, leaf-shaped, placed on wood; each piece has an engraved Japanese character; brass knob at top of row; height 9 cm; Base: 4.2 cm by 4.2 cm.
Donor:
Polly Blanchard
Collection place:
Nagasaki Prefecture, Northern Kyūshū, Kyūshū region
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collector:
F. W. Blanchard
Collection date:
December 1925
Materials:
Brass (alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings and 7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices