Pamphlet, Abacus Instruction Book
date: label: date made
content: 1965
notes: label: Description
content: This pamphlet gives instructions for using an abacus with five beads below and two above (as on a Chinese abacus). The beads shown on the cover are in the shape of those on a Japanese abacus and a mark indicates that the document was printed in Japan. A mark on the back reads: TRADEMARK DARUMA. An inscription written in ink on the cover reads: Purchased in (/) San Francisco's Grant Street (/) Chinatown (/) 1965. The document was received with a Russian abacus with number 1988.0489.02.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Japan
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Abacus
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of George W. Sims
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0489.02
label: accession number
content: 1988.0489
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0489.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Pamphlet
label: Object Name
content: pamphlet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15.1 cm x 10.3 cm; 5 15/16 in x 4 1/16 in