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Object Number
33-76-60/330
Display Title
9 wooden tablets used in ancestor ceremony bound into 1 book with metal cover
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Book, carved wood plates, Mongolian script, brass cover has animal design
Classification
- Book
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
Mongolia
Additional Geographic Terms
Ordos region
Materials
Wood, Brass, Metal, String
Dimensions
Overall: 34.5 x 5.7 x 7.2 cm (13 9/16 x 2 1/4 x 2 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
33-76-60/330
Provenance
Collector
Owen Lattimore
(1929-1933)
Seller
Owen Lattimore
(10/17/1933)
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