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Object Number 991-12-60/15141A
Display Title Pair of Metal (Brass) Chopsticks Linked with a Chain
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Yes (Chinese name)
Object Description Pair of metal (brass) chopsticks linked with a chain. Red and white sticker with "322" in black ingk. Number is from the 1940 Yamanaka inventory; valued at $5.00. <transliteration> (Chinese name). Each: 17.5 cm. (l) x .3 cm. (w); chain: 11 cm. (l).
Inventory Description Chopstick, brass, square perforated end connected by chain to other chopstick
Classification
  • Chopstick
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Materials Brass
Dimensions Overall: 17.5 x 0.3 x 0.3 cm (6 7/8 x 1/8 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 991-12-60/15141A; 322
Provenance
Collector Sarah Pike Conger (1898 - 1905)
Donor Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell

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