Scales Item Number: 661/15 a-c from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
A long light stick which is decorated with black dots and has a silvery metal end which has a gold-coloured hook in a loop through which a flat circular gold-coloured metal piece with an angled rim is attached with three fibrous strings. There is a pyramidal gold-coloured metal weight with a black string through its loop at the top.
Item History
- Made in China
- Owned by Irina Reid before August 21, 1980
- Received from Irina Reid (Donor) on August 21, 1980
What
- Name
- Scales
- Identification Number
- 661/15 a-c
- Type of Item
- scale
- Material
- ivory ?, brass metal ?, fibre and paint
- Overall
- height 27.0 cm, width 33.0 cm, depth 13.5 cm
- Part A
- height 3.5 cm, width 28.0 cm, depth 0.6 cm
- Part B
- height 23.5 cm, diameter 13.5 cm
- Part C
- height 2.5 cm, width 1.3 cm, diameter 1.3 cm
Who
- Culture
- Chinese
- Previous Owner
- Irina Reid
- Received from
- Irina Reid (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- China
When
- Ownership Date
- before August 21, 1980
- Acquisition Date
- on August 21, 1980
Other
- Item Classes
- metalwork
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0661/0015 a-c