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Object Number 991-12-60/14922A
Display Title Pair of Decorated Bone Chopsticks, Burnished and Painted Designs
Descriptions
Indigenous Term bone chopsticks - gu kuai
Object Description Pair of bone chopsticks (a-b) with burnished and painted design - consists of a deer on each. Sticker on one says "No. 9/$3.00". <transliteration> (Chinese name). 19.7 cm. (l) x 1.1 cm. (w).
Inventory Description Chopstick, carved bone, wedge shaped, standing deer in relief
Classification
  • Chopstick
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Japan
Dimensions Overall: 19.7 x 1.1 x 0.5 cm (7 3/4 x 7/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 991-12-60/14922A; no 9 / $3.00
Provenance
Collector Sarah Pike Conger (1898-1905)
Donor Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell

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