Abacus suanpan
A suanpan 算盤 or abacus calculator, consisting of thirteen rods in two fields, with two or five beads on each rod. In addition to counting, the suanpan also enables other arithmetic operations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. (HM)
Material description: wood
Manufacturing technique: planing and other carpentry techniques
Dimensions: length: 18.5 cm, depth: 10 cm, height: 1.7 cm
No. of parts: 1
Current owner: Slovene Ethnographic Museum
Date of the last acquisition: 1963
Previous owners and periods of ownership: Ivan Skušek, Jr. and Tsuneko Kondō Kawase - Marija Skušek, National Museum of Slovenia, Slovene Ethnographic Museum
Object condition, handling and damage: fairly well preserved
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