Scales
Physical description
Pear shaped wooden opium scales with long dowel-like neck and spherical end. A braided fibre ring fits around the neck. Object is cut in half widthwise and, pivoting on a bolt fixed through the end of the neck, slides open. Revealed in its inner cavities are a shallow, circular metal dish, a small rectangular piece of flint(?) and a long, cylindrical bone stick all tied with brown, black and pink string. The bone stick is covered in black dots arranged in a linear pattern.
Materials
Date Acquired
30 Jul 2011
How Acquired
Donated
Credit Line
Measurements
Overall: 18.2 cm x 5.4 cm x 1.7 cm
Object Number
2902/1 a-c