Abacus rules in two volumes (second volume now in pieces). Paper, stitched. 13.5 x 20.5 cm. a) Single plain piece of paper, apparently back cover to second of two volumes. b) One volume with pink cover sheet, intact. c) Main pages of second volume. d) Pink cover for second volume.
Donor:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection place:
Beijing, Beijing municipality, Northern China
Verbatim coll. place:
China. Purchased by Ilse Fang for $4.00 in Peking.
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection date:
1941
Materials:
Paper (fiber product)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Abacuses (calculators)
Function:
7.1 Writing and Records (including religious texts)
Accession date:
December 15, 1998
Context of use:
Book, abacus rules. 1941.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 20.5 centimeters and width 13.5 centimeters
Comment:
Component "a" not seen during inventory 1/23/2014 L. Beyer