Scale

Museum number:
18-1259
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3741
Description:
Scale, pan balance; two brass pans hang from rod via strings. For trade. Perhaps Chinese in origin. Pans each 5 cm. diameter.
Donor:
Bernard G. Saunders and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Malaysia
Culture or time period:
Malaysian
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Balances (scales)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Scale, accession number 18-1259, described as Scale, pan balance; two brass pans hang from rod via strings. For trade. Perhaps Chinese in origin. Pans each 5 cm. diameter.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Scale, accession number 18-1259, described as Scale, pan balance; two brass pans hang from rod via strings. For trade. Perhaps Chinese in origin. Pans each 5 cm. diameter.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Scale, accession number 18-1259, described as Scale, pan balance; two brass pans hang from rod via strings. For trade. Perhaps Chinese in origin. Pans each 5 cm. diameter.

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