- Subject
- Measurement
- Item type
- Object
- Primary inscriptions
- Canton Foot, Ch'i, of 14.72". Purchased / at a Chinese Store in Santo New Hebrides / Imported from Taiwan. [Japanese Symbol} is Japanese Shaku / Aug 1978
- Physical material
- Wood
- Object type
- Ruler
- Dimensions
- Height: 480mm Width: 33mm Depth: 6mm Weight: 0.05kg
- Inventory No
- 15195
Description
Wooden, straight ruler from Taiwan, it is light in colour and measures 18 inches and a Canton foot. the top edge is bevelled. One edge of the ruler is divided into inches from 1 to 18 (these are again subdivided into 8ths). The other edge is marked '1 [Japanese character resembling R - presumably Shaku] in 10 divisions subdivided into 10ths - this scale is not the full length of the ruler. The back is blank apart from a paper handwritten note. There is a white label on the front of the ruler '70[symbol]' is written on it, this is possibly the price.
