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Object Number
991-12-60/15035
Display Title
Child's Silver (?) Good Luck Charm in the Shape of a Padlock
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Yes (Chinese name)
Object Description
Padlock. Made as a child's good luck charm. Given to children 100 days old and worn around their neck until 6-8 years old. Silver (?) covered with reliefs of plants and four Chinese characters on one side; on other side, a figure in a landscape with a bat and a hut. Hollow, with bar of lock unmovable. Hanging from scalloped edge are 5 pendants consisting of 19 leaf-shaped pieces incised with Chinese characters. <transliteration> (Chinese name). 21.2 cm. (l) x 7 cm. (w) x .8 cm. (d).
Inventory Description
Pendant, metal, scalloped edge, leaf danglers, characters, one side scene
Classification
- Pendant
Department
Ethnographic
Date
late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
China
Materials
Metal, Silver?
Dimensions
Overall: 21.5 x 6.9 x 0.9 cm (8 7/16 x 2 11/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
991-12-60/15035
Provenance
Collector
Sarah Pike Conger
(1898 - 1905)
Donor
Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell
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