Object Details
- Description
- This abacus fits in a black wooden box with a wooden cross piece. Eleven parallel bamboo rods carry seven beads each. Two beads are above the cross piece, five below. The beads are rounded, like those on Chinese abaci. One rod is broken and another cracked. The abacus was received as a gift from the Department of Mathematics of Brown University in 1973. There are no marks by a maker.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Brown University Department of Mathematics
- ID Number
- MA.304722.01
- catalog number
- 304722.01
- accession number
- 304722
- Object Name
- abacus
- Physical Description
- bamboo (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 cm x 19 cm x 12 cm; 25/32 in x 7 15/32 in x 4 23/32 in
- place made
- China
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Abacus
- Science & Mathematics
- Many Voices, One Nation
- Exhibition
- Many Voices, One Nation
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Record ID
- nmah_690527
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-16bf-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
