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scales, balance

human history
  • Other Name

    balance scales as used by Chinese gold buyers in early New Zealand (descriptive name)

  • Description

    balance scales as used by Chinese gold buyers in early New Zealand.

    Given to donor by a Miss Hilliard whose father befriended a Chinese gold buyer who gave him the scales c1880-90.

  • Associated Place

    New Zealand

  • Accession Number
    1967.85
  • Accession Date
    22 May 1967
  • Other Id

    col.1531 (colonial)

  • Department

    History

    Social History

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