Soroban, or Japanese Abacus
notes: label: Description
content: This tiny abacus has an open black plastic frame with a black plastic cross piece. It contains seven metal rods. Each carries one white plastic bead above the cross piece and four below. There are no maker's marks on the instrument.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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 John White
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0922.18
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0922.18
label: accession number
content: 1981.0922
objectType: label: Object Name
content: abacus
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .4 cm x 4.4 cm x 2 cm; 5/32 in x 1 23/32 in x 25/32 in