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Case, cardboard tube, tightly rolled, held flags
Case, cardboard tube, tightly rolled, held flags
Object Number 991-12-60/14996.1
Display Title Case, cardboard tube, tightly rolled, held flags
Descriptions
Object Description Silk embroidered U. S. Consulate banner. On a white silk banner, the British and U. S. flags whose poles intersect at a U. S. shield in center. Inscription on top: "G. B. WITH U. S."; bottom: "Invincible in War, Triumphant in Peace". One edge is frayed. On a cardboard roll with #14997. Stamp on roll: "U. S. CONSULATE/SEP 5 1898/CANTON CHINA". <transliteration> (Chinese name). 38 cm. (?) x 37.3 cm. (?).
Inventory Description Case, cardboard tube, tightly rolled, held flags
Classification
  • Case
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Materials Paper, Ink
Dimensions Overall: 37.5 x 2 x 1.9 cm (14 3/4 x 13/16 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 991-12-60/14996.1; 991-12-60/14996; 991-12-60/14997; U.S. CONSULATE/ SEP 5 1898/

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