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- Date
- 1890 – 1920
- Material
- bone, monkey; metal, brass; hair, horse; grass, bamboo; rattan
- Catalogue Number
- 104.48.0002 a,b
- Description
- A Chinese gold scale (a) and case (b). a) A scale with a long thin rod made from gibbon bone with a scale marked along its length with small dots. A brass pan is suspended by a black thread through a hole at the blunt end of the rod. There is a single thread at 9.5 cm from the blunt end that acts…
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- Title
- Balance Scale
- Date
- 1890 – 1920
- Material
- bone, monkey; metal, brass; hair, horse; grass, bamboo; rattan
- Dimensions
- a) .5 (pan x b) 6.6 x a) 32 (bea cm
- Description
- A Chinese gold scale (a) and case (b). a) A scale with a long thin rod made from gibbon bone with a scale marked along its length with small dots. A brass pan is suspended by a black thread through a hole at the blunt end of the rod. There is a single thread at 9.5 cm from the blunt end that acts as a fulcrum to hang the rod. b) A violin-shaped case made of carved bamboo that is hinged with brass at the end of the stem. A braided rattan ring slides down the stem to secure it when closed. There are carved areas insidethe case to fit the pan, rod and weight. The case is marked with a symbol carved into the outside. There is also a red and white paper inside with Chinese characters and “Ex.B Harry Sam” handwritten.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.48.0002 a,b
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- Date
- 1973 – 1975
- Material
- wood; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 102.07.0009
- Description
- A board to prevent drafts from the fireplace that is cut from one quarter inch plywood and stained brown. The top is curved to match the shape of the fireplace. There are two shaped front supports of three quarter inch plywood at each side of the bottom edge. The board is lined on the reverse wit…
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- Title
- Fireboard
- Date
- 1973 – 1975
- Material
- wood; glass
- Dimensions
- 94.0 x 15.0 x 114.0 cm
- Description
- A board to prevent drafts from the fireplace that is cut from one quarter inch plywood and stained brown. The top is curved to match the shape of the fireplace. There are two shaped front supports of three quarter inch plywood at each side of the bottom edge. The board is lined on the reverse with strips of pink fibre-glass insulation at the top edge and both side edges. Two rectangular holes cut at the bottom allow the andirons to pass through.
- Subject
- households
- F.O. “Pat” Brewster
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.07.0009
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