Wood Abacus
Unknown Maker
Unknown Russian, Russian
20th century
Overall: 2 3/8 × 15 3/8 × 9 13/16 in. (6 × 39 × 25 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
2002.1.35266
Geography
Place Made: Russia, Europe
Period
20th century
Object Name
Scientific Instrument
Research Area
Scientific Instrument
Scientific Instrument: Calculation
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Ralph Sylvester Bartlett (1868-1960), Class of 1889, in the 1930's; given to the Dartmouth College Museum, 1959; catalogued into the Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, 2002.
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