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Object Number 86-50-60/55197
Display Title Brushes
Descriptions
Inventory Description Brush, rounded fibrous tip, cylindrical handle worked to thin, curving end
Classification
  • Brush
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 15.8 x 2.9 x 0.7 cm (6 1/4 x 1 1/8 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 6
Label on object 55197; Chinese - From Rev. Gen. S. Paine. June 25, 1868

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