Vintage Chinese Wooden Bead Arithmetic Abacus W. Instruction[ANT008]

Vintage Chinese Wooden Bead Arithmetic Abacus W. Instruction
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Price:  $29.99 

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 24 July, 2008.

The abacus was a calculator invented sometime between 1000 BC and 500 BC in China, often constructed as a wooden frame with beads sliding on wires. It was in use centuries before the adoption of the written Hindu-Arabic numeral system and is still widely used by merchants and clerks in China, Japan, Africa and elsewhere.This vintage style abacus comes with a beautiful leather surface wooden case in ancient Chinese beauties design. A English instruction booklet for bead arithmetic is included.

Size: L14" x W6.5 x H2"

Vintage Chinese Wooden Bead Arithmetic Abacus W. Instruction
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Vintage Chinese Wooden Bead Arithmetic Abacus W. Instruction
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