Ballot Box; Balls

Object/Artifact

Sidney Museum and Archives

Name/Title

Ballot Box; Balls

Entry/Object ID

1992.031.001

Description

A brown painted wooden box with two compartments with hinged lids; a middle section has a small funnel down which can be dropped a number of balls (in this case, 37 - 7 of which are black) from one compartment to the other; these are used for voting on a new member, the black balls for vetoing membership;

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Sidney and N.Saanich His. Soc.

Notes

Accession Date: 04-Jan-92 Mode of Acquisition: gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Box, Ballot

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Container, Ballot

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Device, Voting

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Organizational Objects

Nomenclature Class

Ceremonial Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

box; ball, ballot box; ball

Created By

DeCoste, Claire

Create Date

September 10, 1995

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

May 21, 2026