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Object Number 991-12-60/15016W
Display Title Colored Cut-Out Paper Figures
Descriptions
Object Description Colored cut-out paper figures. 11 full figures, some male, others female, and 21 heads. The full figures - different parts of body held together with string knots, some have wire. Were wrapped in wax paper. <transliteration> (Chinese name). Figures: ~21 cm. (l) x 7.5 cm. (w); heads: ~6.5 cm. (l) x 4.4 cm. (w).
Inventory Description Print, cut out, human head, female?, pony tail, hat with red ball
Classification
  • Print
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Dimensions Overall: 7.6 x 5.6 cm (3 x 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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