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Hearst Museum object titled Balance, accession number 9-13631a,b, described as Balance; a - beam, wood, 95.5 cm long; metal inlaid markings; b - copper pan, diam. 19.5 cm China, Hong Kong, New Territories Wood, iron, leather, cotton, copper made by men. Still used as legal weighing device. Pan supplied seems disproportionately small. In villages this size would be kept by village elders for apportioning harvests. Weighs up to 100 catties. Purchased in curio/second hand shop.

Hearst Museum object titled Scale, accession number 9-16326a-c, described as Scale (steelyard); a) beam: wood, brass inlaid calibrations, iron fittings copper sheathed, 67 cm. long. b) pan: galvanized iron, 25.5 cm. long, 22.5 cm. wide, 5 cm. deep. c) counterweight: cast iron, two Chinese ideograms, 4.75 cm. high, 5 cm. deep.