Object ID:
2001.211.79
Title:
Braille slate
Description:
Hinged pocket slate; white plastic; 3 lines, 32 cells; one pair of Dymo tape slots in top plate; pins in bottom plate. "P32-3" and raised Japanese characters on front of top plate, at bottom right.
Date:
n.d.
Made by:
Nimoka (Blind Tool Development Center of Japan)
Place of Origin:
Tokyo, Japan
Provenance:
Nimoka is a division of Pioneer Goods Co., Ltd. in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture. Sold through the Japanese Library for the Blind, founded in 1940 by Kazuo Honma (1915-2003). Destroyed during WWII, it reopened in 1948 in Tokyo. It began selling aids in 1966.
Item is part of a slate collection that belonged to David Ronecker (1918-2001). He was blind since birth, attended the Missouri School for the Blind, worked in Texas as a medical technician for the armed forces, and was an avid collector of slates. His nephew, Charles Zinser, sold the slate collection after Ronecker's death.
Item is part of a slate collection that belonged to David Ronecker (1918-2001). He was blind since birth, attended the Missouri School for the Blind, worked in Texas as a medical technician for the armed forces, and was an avid collector of slates. His nephew, Charles Zinser, sold the slate collection after Ronecker's death.
Credit Line:
Museum Purchase, 2001.211
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Braille slate
Braille slate
Braille slate
Braille slate