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1. Abacus rules

Museum number:: 9-21432a-d
Culture or time period:: Chinese
Object class:: Abacuses (calculators)
Function:: 7.1 Writing and Records (including religious texts)
Dimensions:: width 13.5 centimeters and length 20.5 centimeters
Collector:: Ilse Martin Fang
Collection place:: Beijing, Beijing municipality, Northern China
Collection date:: 1941

2. Almanacs

Museum number:: 9-21346a-i
Culture or time period:: Chinese
Object class:: Almanacs
Function:: 7.1 Writing and Records (including religious texts)
Dimensions:: height 24 centimeters and width 15 centimeters
Collector:: Ilse Martin Fang
Collection place:: Peking, Beijing province, China
Collection date:: unknown

3. Altar cloth

Museum number:: 9-5669
Culture or time period:: Japanese
Object class:: Altar cloths
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:: Japan
Collection date:: 1909

4. Altar cloth

Museum number:: 9-13088
Culture or time period:: Chinese
Object class:: Altar cloths
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Daniel A. Damkroeger
Collection place:: China
Collection date:: 1900-1902

5. Altar cloth

Museum number:: 9-5651
Culture or time period:: Japanese
Object class:: Altar cloths
Function:: 4.2 Public Buildings and Furnishings
Collector:: Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:: Japan
Collection date:: 1909

6. Altar cloth

Museum number:: 9-5474
Culture or time period:: Japanese
Object class:: Altar cloths and Dragons
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:: Japan
Collection date:: 1909

7. Altarcloth

Museum number:: 9-13089
Culture or time period:: Chinese
Object class:: Altar cloths
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: length 81 centimeters and width 103 centimeters
Collector:: Daniel A. Damkroeger
Collection place:: China
Collection date:: ca. 1900-1902

8. Altar cloth

Museum number:: 9-5671
Culture or time period:: Japanese
Object class:: Altar cloths and Dragons
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:: Japan
Collection date:: 1909

9. Altar cover

Museum number:: 9-5672
Culture or time period:: Japanese
Object class:: Altar cloths
Function:: 4.2 Public Buildings and Furnishings
Collector:: Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:: Japan
Collection date:: 1909

10. Altar surround

Museum number:: 9-15483
Culture or time period:: Japanese
Object class:: Dragons
Function:: 2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Collector:: Albert M. Bender
Collection place:: Japan