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OBJECT TYPE: Manual/cow counter
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2005.0035.001

MANUFACTURER: Cardon SA
MODEL: cuenta vaca
LOCATION: Villa Gesell, Argentina

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: cuenta vaca
Patents: N/A
General Description: apparently leather

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 23.0 cm
Width: 11.5 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: 1.5 cm
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Mathematics
Category: Calculating devices
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Cardon
Country: Argentina
State/Province: Unknown
City: Villa Gesell

Context

Country: Argentina
State/Province: Unknown
Period: late 20th century
Canada: Unknown
Function: A manual calculator used by gauchos in Argentina to count the number of cows in herds of cattle.
Technical: An example of a simple special purpose manual calculator. This is a traditional braided leather cuenta vaca. The device would be hung on the right side of a gauchos' belt (called rastra). With the beads on the string held in a fist, he would choose a random number, such as ten, & every time ten cows were counted he would push a bead forward with his thumb. At the end of the count, he would multiply the number of loose beads by ten to get the total count. Other types of cuenta vaca are made with beads of polished bone from horns of bulls or a combination of leather & horn (Ref. 1).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: none
Missing: appears complete
Finish: off-white
Decoration: N/A

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Cardon SA, Calculator, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2005.0035, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2005.0035.001/

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