Braille slate

Slate

Accession Number: 2001.211.54

Description: Hinged pocket slate; red plastic with rubber on back plate for quiet writing; 9 lines of 21 cells; braille line numbers on front of top plate, along right side; pins in bottom. Prototype of a slate that was never produced.

Height: 4

Width: 6.125

Date Made: n.d.

Place of Origin: Marburg, Germany

Collection: Ronecker Slate Collection

History/Provenance: Ronecker Slate Collection

Credit Line: Museum Purchase, 2001.211

Subjects: Braille Prototypes Slates Tactile writing

Dimension Notes: overall

Made: Deutsche Blindenstudienanstalt (Blista)

Material: Plastic, rubber

Updated: 07/24/2015