scales; weight; scales box

Scale consists of an ivory scale beam marked in black dots and attached with two red tassels, a brass pan hung down at one end of the beam with four green threads, and a detached brass weight of rectangular form tied with thread. Stored in a fiddle-shaped wooden case hollowed out on the inside. The case is in two halves and sliding horizontally, riveted at one end and secured by a wickerwork loop. There are Chinese inscriptions in running script (undecipherable) written in black ink on the lid of the case.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
14.72
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 468 mm x 87 mm x 26 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
wood; brass; ivory; thread; wicker
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
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