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Image Not Available for Four Polished Nuts (Walnut?) or Peach Pits
Four Polished Nuts (Walnut?) or Peach Pits
Image Not Available for Four Polished Nuts (Walnut?) or Peach Pits
Object Number 991-12-60/14924C
Display Title Four Polished Nuts (Walnut?) or Peach Pits
Descriptions
Indigenous Term peach pit - he tao
Object Description Four polished nuts. Maybe walnut, or pit of a fruit such as peach. Black walnut has been suggested. <transliteration> (Chinese name). 4.8 cm. (?) x 4.8 cm. (?).
Inventory Description Nut, walnut?, peach pit?, shellaced
Classification
  • Nut
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Dimensions Overall: 3.7 x 3.6 x 3.4 cm (1 7/16 x 1 7/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 991-12-60/14924C
Credit Line Gift of Sarah Buchan Jewell
Provenance
Donor Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell

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