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Object Number 36-26-60/1763
Display Title Wooden ancestral tablet
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ancestral tablet, carved wood, square base, black characters
Classification
  • Special
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 26 x 8.2 x 8.4 cm (10 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 3 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 36-26-60/1763; Ancestral / Tablet

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