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Object Number
991-12-60/14924A
Display Title
Four Polished Nuts (Walnut?) or Peach Pits
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
peach pit - he tao
Object Description
Four polished nuts. Maybe walnut, or pit of a fruit such as peach. Black walnut has been suggested. <transliteration> (Chinese name). 4.8 cm. (?) x 4.8 cm. (?).
Inventory Description
Nut, walnut?, peach pit?, shellaced
Classification
- Nut
Department
Ethnographic
Date
late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
China
Materials
Walnut, Peach pit, Nut, Fruit pit
Dimensions
Overall: 3.6 x 3.7 x 3.6 cm (1 7/16 x 1 7/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
991-12-60/14924A
Credit Line
Gift of Sarah Buchan Jewell
Provenance
Collector
Sarah Pike Conger
(1898 - 1905)
Donor
Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell
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