Tobacco Scales
P1378
From: Sumatra | Batu Sangkar
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | P1378 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Minangkebau |
| Provenience | Sumatra | Batu Sangkar |
| Date Made | 1901 |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Metal | Plant Fiber |
| Description | Scales for weighing tobacco. Two metal bowls hanging from a metal T-shaped crosspiece, in turn suspended from a metal ring and short chain. Timbangan [scales] Tembacu [tobacco]. |
| Length | 22 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of H. M. Hiller and Alfred C. Harrison Jr., 1901 |
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