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Object Number
991-12-60/15057
Display Title
Embroidered Gourd Pocket with Narrow Opening, Used as a Tobacco Pouch
Descriptions
Object Description
Gourd pocket with narrow openings on side and at top, used as a tobacco pouch. It's shape symbolizes medication in Chinese mythology and by the end of the Ch'ing period, used for recreational and medicinal purposes. Embroidered in satin stitching in background with the decoration motifs of the ju-i scepter, lotus and flower, and "bok op (?)" motifs done in stem stitching. 15 cm. (l) x 11 cm. (w) x 4 cm. (h).
Inventory Description
Bag, bottle shape, flattened, multicolor embroidery, red silk, gold tassels, cor
Classification
- Bag
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Ch'ing
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
China
Dimensions
Overall: 14 x 7.5 x 0.6 cm (5 1/2 x 2 15/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
991-12-60/15057
Provenance
Collector
Sarah Pike Conger
(1898 - 1905)
Donor
Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell
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