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Hearst Museum object titled Paper cutouts, accession number 9-21362a-e, described as Paper cutouts. Set of four paper cutouts for the midsummer dragon boat festival. Red paper. 10.5 - 12 cm high; 6 - 7 cm wide. 1) Centipede and lizard on top, frog in center beside lotus leaf; 2) Pair of scissors to cut scorpion and frog on top, snake in the middle, and lizard and centipede in handles; 3) Star decorated gourd; 4) Swastika decorated gourd with frog and scorpion below, lizard (?) and snake above.
Hearst Museum object titled Paper cutouts, accession number 9-21312a-f, described as Five oval paper cutouts in an envelope 1) Magpies on wood peonies. 2) Partridges with peonies. 3) Swallows with lilies. 4) Kingfisher with lotus. 5) Phoenix with peony. Ovals approximately 30 cm long x 20 cm high, on sheets 34 x 24cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Paper cutouts, accession number 9-21370, described as Eight paper cutouts mounted on gray cardboard. Clockwise from upper left: 1. Bird on berried twig over cabbage (magpie? homophonous with “joy”; cabbage with “wealth.” 2. Fisherman with fish (homophonous with “plenty”. 3. Bird as in #1 over unknown loop. 4. Reverse of #1. 5. Bird over loop. 6. Cock over chrysanthemum. 7. Bird in tree. 8. Medallion scalloped inside with the legend “The Flower of Freedom.” Panel 43.2 x 27.5 cm

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