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Object Number 991-12-60/14906A
Display Title Light Wood Box with Lid
Descriptions
Indigenous Term wood box - muhe
Object Description Light wood box (a) with lid (b). Came into the museum with the child's good luck charms. In pencil on lid: "children's silver ornaments". <transliteration> (Chinese name). 14 cm. (?) x 14 cm. (?) x 3.3 cm. (h) (with lid).
Inventory Description Box, lid, plain wood, rail stays on underside, pegged construction
Classification
  • Box
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 13.7 x 13.8 x 0.9 cm (5 3/8 x 5 7/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object Inscription in pencil on lid: "children's silver ornaments" ; 991-12-60/14906A; Children's silver / ornaments
Provenance
Collector Sarah Pike Conger (1898 - 1905)
Donor Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell

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