Accession Number: 2012.41.8
Description: Jumbo braille slate; bright aluminum; piano hinge with aluminum wire; four rows of eighteen(18) cells; slight dimples in windows of top frame to guide placement of stylus; lower frame punched with holes to form better dots; dymo tape slots in upper frame; raised lip on edge of top frame and matching cutout in lower frame to accomodate opening slate; raised lines above row one and row three; three raised dots above row two, spaced every five cells; four punched pins down, fit into holes in lower frame; stamped above hinge, "Advance"; adhesive label on reverse, "AEW Advance/DEHRADUM, U.P.(INDIA)
Height: 2.125
Width: 8.375
Depth: 0.125
Date Made: ca. 1990
Maker: Advance Engineering Works
Place of Origin: Dehadrum, India
Collection: APH Collection
History/Provenance: APH Collection
Credit Line: APH Collection, 2012.41.
Subjects: Braille Slates Tactile writing
Dimension Notes: overall
Made: Advance Engineering Works
Material: Aluminum
Updated: 02/15/2021
