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Object Number 991-12-60/14919C
Display Title Small Square Wooden Box with a Lid for two small lead figures
Descriptions
Object Description Two (a-b) small lead (?) figures with gilt cast. Possibly of two male deities. One has a fish under his arm. They are in a small square wooden box (c) with a lid (d). The side of the box, in black ink has: "HN?". Figures: 1.5 cm. (?) x 1.2 cm. (?) x 1 cm. (?); box: 3 cm. (?) x 3.2 cm. (?) x 2 cm. (?).
Inventory Description Box, wooden, with sliding lid 14919D
Classification
  • Box
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 2.1 x 3 x 3.2 cm (13/16 x 1 3/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object The side of the box has "HN?" written on it in black ink; 991-12-60/14919C
Provenance
Donor Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell

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