ABACUS
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/link/artifact3442
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date
- 1940
- Materials
- WOOD, BRASS
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 3.5
- Length
- 10.8
- Width
- 28.9
- Description
- 13 ROWS OF 5 BEADS EACH. 13 ROWS OF 1 BEAD EACH. THE CASE OF ABACUS IS MADE OF WOOD. IT APPEARS TO BE HANDMADE & IS PARTLY HELD TOGETHER BY MORTISE AND TENON JOINTS. A STRIP OF WOOD SEPARATES THE ROWS OF 5 BEADS FROM THE ROWS OF 1 BEAD. EACH ROW EXCEPT THE MIDDLE, OR 7TH ROW HAS A JAPANESE CHARACTER CARVED INTO THE WOOD & COLOURED RED. ON BACK OF CASE IN BLUE INK "G. FUKUNAGA", ALSO TWO JAPANESE CHARACTERS. CONSERVATION REPORT ON FILE.
- Subjects
- DATA PROCESSING T&E
- History
- USED AS A CALCULATOR.
- Catalogue Number
- P19800006000
- Acquisition Date
- 1978-09
- Collection
- Museum
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