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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
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.49.1002
- Description
- A collection of nails of varying length stored in an envelope. Many of the nails are squared.
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- Title
- Nail
- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Description
- A collection of nails of varying length stored in an envelope. Many of the nails are squared.
- Subject
- households
- F.O. “Pat” Brewster
- Credit
- Gift of Forrest (Pat) Oliver Brewster, Banff, 1966
- Catalogue Number
- 104.49.1002
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- Date
- 1920 – 1975
- Material
- fibre; metal; plastic
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1084
- Description
- A plaid ribbon attached to a plaid rosette with a covered button at the centre. The button features red scroll-work and a lion rampant also in red.
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- Title
- Ribbon
- Date
- 1920 – 1975
- Material
- fibre; metal; plastic
- Description
- A plaid ribbon attached to a plaid rosette with a covered button at the centre. The button features red scroll-work and a lion rampant also in red.
- Credit
- Gift of Forrest (Pat) Oliver Brewster, Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.1084
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