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Weighted balance stick
Object Number 35-36-60/2109
Display Title Weighted balance stick
Descriptions
Inventory Description Tool, wood stick, flared and lead covered one end, perforated other end
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Laotian Thai?
  • Western Lao?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Thailand
Additional Geographic Terms Indochina, North: Chiengrai
Materials Wood, Lead
Dimensions Overall: 28 x 2.3 x 2.3 cm (11 x 7/8 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 35-36-60/2109; 198

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