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Object Number
991-12-60/14927
Display Title
Carved Wooden Bead Necklace with Five Ceramic Beads and Silk Cord
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
name of central region in China - Han zhong; necklace - xianglian
Object Description
Carved wooden bead necklace. Five red ceramic beads and a blue/green silk cord. On the 1940 inventory as "from Chien Lung". Tag with "No. 504". There are two characters on a bead: <transliteration> (name of a central region in China). <transliteration> (Chinese name). 58.5 cm. (l) x 3.5 cm. (w).
Inventory Description
Necklace, ceramic, brown and orange beads on knotted green cord
Classification
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Date
late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
China
Dimensions
Overall: 59 x 2 x 1.3 cm (23 1/4 x 13/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
There are two Chinese characters on one bead naming a central region in China.; 991-12-60/14927; 594
Provenance
Collector
Sarah Pike Conger
(1898 - 1905)
Donor
Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell
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