Scale and set of weights

Museum number:
3-30137a-k
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210330137a@2dk
Alternate number:
16 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4695
Object count:
11
Description:
(A-K) Balance and set of weights; Balance: 25.5cms L x 22cms W.
Donor:
Gene C. Wilken
Collection place:
Guatemala Department, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Guatemala; Mexico; (purchased in market).
Collector:
Gene C. Wilken
Collection date:
1973-1974
Materials:
Brass (alloy) and Steel (alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Balances (scales) and Weights (scale components)
Function:
1.3 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Accession date:
October 27, 1998
Context of use:
Small, hand-held scale used in periodic markets to weigh herbs and spices; the photograph (57-004) in the accession file shows a slightly larger balance being used to weigh vegetables in a market in Almolnga, Quez., Guatemala.
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Scale and set of weights, accession number 3-30137a-k, described as (A-K) Balance and set of weights; Balance: 25.5cms L x 22cms W.

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