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Object Number 991-12-60/14865A
Display Title Bamboo Box with Lid Originally Containing Live Ammunition from the Boxer Rebelli
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Yes (Chinese for "bamboo box")(zhu xia)
Object Description Bamboo box with lid originally containing live ammunition form the Boxer Rebellion (1900). Presently contains paper and string that ammunition was wrapped in. Ammunition has been removed and placed into another box (#14866). 15 cm. (l) x 10 cm. (w) x 8.5 cm. (h).
Inventory Description Box, lid, rectangular, bamboo planks top, woven bottom, loop handle, side closur
Classification
  • Box
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Materials Bamboo
Dimensions Overall: 15 x 9 x 1.9 cm (5 7/8 x 3 9/16 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 991-12-60/14865A
Provenance
Collector Sarah Pike Conger (1898 - 1905)
Donor Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell

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