Wooden bismar. Weighing beam with wider, slightly rectangular weighted end, and narrowing cylindrical beam. There is a bent metal hook attached to a metal loop at the narrow end of the beam. [MOBB [OPS move] 16/2/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden bismar. Weighing beam with wider, slightly rectangular weighted end, and narrowing cylindrical beam. There is a bent metal hook attached to a metal loop at the narrow end of the beam. [MOBB [OPS move] 16/2/2017]
Long description: There is also a short, thin rod suspended by twisted cord over the beam. There is also a string that runs the length of the beam from the hook to the suspended bond. There is a line of nailed metal pegs along one side of the length of the beam with increasing frequency the closer to the narrow end they get. [MOBB [OPS move] 16/2/2017]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; Scotland Orkney Isles Kirkwall
Cultural groups: Scottish
Person: Field collector Henry Balfour; PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1898
Date collected: By 1912
Acquisition information: Donated: 30/08/1912
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Metal, Material String, Process Faceted, Process Inscribed, Process Carved, Process Nailed, Process Bent, Process Twisted
Dimensions: Width: max 70 mm, Length: max 934 mm, Depth: max 54 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1912.34.22

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