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Object Number
991-12-60/15016A
Display Title
Colored Cut-Out Paper Figures
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Yes (Chinese name)
Object Description
Colored cut-out paper figures. 11 full figures, some male, others female, and 21 heads. The full figures - different parts of body held together with string knots, some have wire. Were wrapped in wax paper. <transliteration> (Chinese name). Figures: ~21 cm. (l) x 7.5 cm. (w); heads: ~6.5 cm. (l) x 4.4 cm. (w).
Inventory Description
Print, cut out, human figure, moveable arms and legs, rusted wire at neck
Classification
Department
Ethnographic
Date
late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
China
Materials
Paper, Pigment, Dye, String, Metal wire
Dimensions
Overall: 18 x 6.9 cm (7 1/16 x 2 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Provenance
Unknown
Collector
Sarah Pike Conger
(1898 - 1905)
Donor
Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell
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| 991-12-60/15016B | Colored Cut-Out Paper Figures |
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| 991-12-60/15016C | Colored Cut-Out Paper Figures |
Print
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| 991-12-60/15016J | Colored Cut-Out Paper Figures |
Print
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| 991-12-60/15016D | Colored Cut-Out Paper Figures |
Print
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| 991-12-60/15016F | Colored Cut-Out Paper Figures |
Print
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China
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| 991-12-60/15016G | Colored Cut-Out Paper Figures |
Print
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China
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| 991-12-60/15016E | Colored Cut-Out Paper Figures |
Print
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China
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| 991-12-60/15016AA | Colored Cut-Out Paper Figures |
Print
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China
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| 991-12-60/15016H | Colored Cut-Out Paper Figures |
Print
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China
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| 991-12-60/15016I | Colored Cut-Out Paper Figures |
Print
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China
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| 991-12-60/15016V | Colored Cut-Out Paper Figures |
Print
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| 991-12-60/15016Q | Colored Cut-Out Paper Figures |
Print
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China
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