Scale
89-13-293
From: North Thailand | Thailand
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 89-13-293 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Thai |
| Provenience | North Thailand | Thailand |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Wood | Metal | Ivory (uncertain) | Bone (uncertain) |
| Description | Two reddish-colored wood paddle shaped pieces of wood. Paddles have a movable joint at the end of the handle. The two handles are held together with round bamboo braiding. The paddles themselves are pear shaped with the interior side of each carved out to form a casing for the parts of the scale: a thin, ivory/bone? ruler, a round metal tray, a tiny weight and strings attaching these objects to each other. |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Estate of Elizabeth Lyons, Keeper of the Asian Collections, University Museum, 1989 |
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