Scale

Museum number:
9-13112
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090013112
Accession number:
Acc.3267
Description:
balance; iron beam balance (European style) with 2 iron pans suspended from beam by chains; with beam 25.8 centimeters, diameter pans 17.5 centimeters.
Donor:
Bernard G. Saunders and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Maharashtra State, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India
Collector:
Bernard G. Saunders
Collection date:
August, 1976
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Balances (scales)
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Scale, accession number 9-13112, described as balance; iron beam balance (European style) with 2 iron pans suspended from beam by chains; with beam 25.8 centimeters, diameter pans 17.5 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Scale, accession number 9-13112, described as balance; iron beam balance (European style) with 2 iron pans suspended from beam by chains; with beam 25.8 centimeters, diameter pans 17.5 centimeters.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Scale, accession number 9-13112, described as balance; iron beam balance (European style) with 2 iron pans suspended from beam by chains; with beam 25.8 centimeters, diameter pans 17.5 centimeters.

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