Object Details
Description
This modern Russian abacus has a black plastic frame and 13 parallel metal wires that hold beads. There are ten beads on each rod, with two blue ones in the middle and four white ones on either side. On the third and sixth row, the leftmost bead is also blue. The fourth row from the bottom has only four beads - two blue ones in the center and a white bead on either side.
The cardboard envelope is yellow, red, and tan, with a drawing of the abacus. The envelope is marked in pencil: MOSCOW (/) Sept. 1958 (/) G.U.M. Other marks on it are in Russian.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Edith R. Meggers
Date made
1958
ID Number
MA.335269
catalog number
335269
accession number
314637
Object Name
abacus
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
plastic (overall material)
metal (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 1 cm x 9.8 cm x 14 cm; 13/32 in x 3 27/32 in x 5 1/2 in
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Medicine and Science: Mathematics
Abacus
Science & Mathematics
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Mathematics
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_690530