Iron pan balance

Museum number:
5-4652
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050004652
Accession number:
Acc.2078
Description:
Iron pan balance; pans suspended by leather thongs; total ht. 61 cm.
Donor:
Frederick C. Gamst and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Gondar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
Verbatim coll. place:
Gondär; Falasha tribe
Culture or time period:
Falasha
Collector:
Frederick C. Gamst
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Balances (scales)
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1968-1969 #2: KQED Television (July 8, 1968–July 12, 1968) and S1969-1970 #103: Los Angeles Natural History Museum (April 2, 1970–July 21, 1971)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Iron pan balance, accession number 5-4652, described as Iron pan balance; pans suspended by leather thongs; total ht. 61 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Iron pan balance, accession number 5-4652, described as Iron pan balance; pans suspended by leather thongs; total ht. 61 cm.

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