- Accession Number:
- 2016.6.3
- Description:
- (a) dark brown gridded rectangular tray cast from a resin infused with wood fiber; 15 x 10 grid; bottom of each slot has a slight shelf around the edge to allow the types to lay square in the hole; (b-f) five (5) cubes cast from printer's type-metal with five braille symbols and a dash cast into the faces.
- Height:
- 5.188
- Width:
- 7.75
- Depth:
- 0.563
- Date Made:
- ca. 1930
- Place of Origin:
- Paris, France
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mireille Duhen, 2016.6.
- Subjects:
- Blind Mathematics Slates Instructional aids, tools, and supplies
- Dimension Notes:
- overall, cubes are 7/16" square (1 cm.)
- Made:
- Institut National des Jeunes Aveugles
- Material:
- Wood, resin, lead-tin-antimony alloy
- Updated:
- 02/28/2019
