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Object Number 33-78-60/369
Display Title Bronze steelyard (kind of balance)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Scale, two fitted brass cylinders, attached at ends with chain
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Additional Geographic Terms South
Materials Brass, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 97 x 3.9 x 3.9 cm (38 3/16 x 1 9/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 33-78-60/369

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