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Object Number 86-50-60/55198
Display Title Counting board
Descriptions
Inventory Description Abacus, carved wood, divided box construction, dowels holding beads
Classification
  • Abacus
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Materials Wood, Stain
Dimensions Overall: 17.8 x 30.5 x 3.3 cm (7 x 12 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55198
Provenance
Collector Unknown (1848)
Donor Donated by American Antiquarian Society (1886)

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