Weighing beam. Wooden bismar with carved rounded rectangular weighted section and narrowing cylindrical beam. The narrow end of the beam has been perforated through which a loop of cord is tied from which a fishing hook is suspended. [MOBB [OPS move] 16/2/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Weighing beam. Wooden bismar with carved rounded rectangular weighted section and narrowing cylindrical beam. The narrow end of the beam has been perforated through which a loop of cord is tied from which a fishing hook is suspended. [MOBB [OPS move] 16/2/2017]
Long description: From conservation card by Emma Hook 3.2.1996: Wooden bishmar with large iron nails driven into the weighted end for added mass. A white metal hook (fish hook) is attached to the other end by plant fibre. Iron nails mark the scale along the length of the beam. (Emma Hook 08.02.1996) [FC 27/03/2009]
Geographical reference: Faroe Islands (Autonomous Region of Denmark)
Europe > Northern Europe > Faroe Islands (Autonomous Region of Denmark); Streymoy [Strømø] Torshavn
Cultural groups: Danish
Person: Field collector Thomas Nelson Annandale; PRM source Thomas Nelson Annandale
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1900
Date collected: 1900
Acquisition information: Donated: 1900
Materials and processes: Material Plant Fibre, Material Wood Plant, Material Iron Metal, Material Metal, Material Lead Metal, Process Carved, Process Nailed, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Depth: max 77 mm, Width: max 71 mm, Length: max 770 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1900.46.13
Research and responses: For the donor's account of his visit to Føroyar [the Faroe Islands], see The Faroes and Iceland: Studies in Island Life, by Thomas Annandale (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905). [JC 4 12 2014]

Search terms: Measurement, Weight, Steelyard Balance