- Accession Number:
- 2012.41.3
- Description:
- Smooth plastic board with two removable plastic slates, one for jumbo braille and one for standard braille; slates have hinges on left side and raised dots on back plates for upward writing; groove in left side of slates engages with track on left side of board; slight indents in windows on upper frames help guide placement of stylus; includes stylus with molded plastic handle and reversible steel tip, to accomodate writing of either jumbo or standard dots; jumbo slate has 4 lines of 19 cells; standard slate has 1 line of 3 cells and 6 lines of 29 cells; both have pins down in upper frame; braille letters spell "Hawk" near hinges; board has hinged paper clip at top with four steel teeth pointing down. All pieces are made of an ivory-colored plastic.
- Height:
- 11.5
- Width:
- 9.5
- Depth:
- 0.5
- Date Made:
- ca. 1992
- Maker:
- Hawk, Lawrence
- Place of Origin:
- Lenoir, TN
- Collection:
- APH Collection
- History/Provenance:
- APH Collection
- Credit Line:
- APH Collection, 2012.41.
- Subjects:
- Boards (writing) Braille Slates Tactile writing
- Dimension Notes:
- overall, board; stylus is 0.875" dia x 2.5" long
- Made:
- Hawk, Lawrence
- Material:
- Plastic
- Updated:
- 02/15/2021
