Interpoint braille slate

Slate

Accession Number: 2001.211.101

Description: Hinged full-page slate; top plate is orange plastic; bottom plate is black plastic; metal rod in hinge; 27 lines of, 30 cells; registration pins (down); holes along left side to fit 3 and 4-hole notebooks; top plate has brailled line numbers along right side, two pairs of Dymo tape slots, and pins. "Blindenstudienanstalt, D-3550 Marburg, W. Germany, In collaboraton with Christoffel Blindenmission" --back of bottom plate.

Height: 12

Width: 8.75

Date Made: ca. 1995

Maker: Blindenstudienanstalt (BLISTA)

Place of Origin: Marburg, Germany

Collection: Ronecker Slate Collection

History/Provenance: Ronecker Slate Collection

Credit Line: Museum Purchase, 2001.211

Subjects: Braille Slates Tactile writing

Dimension Notes: overall

Made: Deutsche Blindenstudienanstalt (Blista)

Material: Plastic, metal

Updated: 07/24/2015