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Hearst Museum object titled Abacus rules, accession number 9-21432a-d, described as Abacus rules in two volumes (second volume now in pieces). Paper, stitched. 13.5 x 20.5 cm. a) Single plain piece of paper, apparently back cover to second of two volumes. b) One volume with pink cover sheet, intact. c) Main pages of second volume. d) Pink cover for second volume.

Hearst Museum object titled Almanacs, accession number 9-21346a-i, described as Almanacs for 1941, 1943, 1944, 1946, and 1948. Contain astrological advice for farming, business, social life, and a comparative western-traditional Chinese calendar. 24 x 15 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Banner, accession number 9-21433, described as Banner with Spring inscriptions for kitchen shrine. 6.9 x 8.2 cm with horizontal strips: 12.6 x 4 cm; side strips: 4 x 22.7 cm. (Mounted in USA.) *Translation: Top rectangle: “SPIRIT” Cross strip: "Lord of the whole household" Side strips (should be reversed): "When you ascend into heaven, tell good things! When you return to your shrine, bring down good luck!

Hearst Museum object titled Banner, accession number 9-21371, described as Banner with inscriptions for kitchen-god shrine. 6.7 x 24 cm. Mounted in USA. *Translation: ”When you ascend to heaven, report good things! Coming down to this world, guarantee peace and security.” Top character to be cut off and pasted on top of shrine. Lower part to be divided vertically and pasted on side posts of shrine.

Hearst Museum object titled Board game, accession number 9-21449, described as Board game. Cover of board game: The Three Heroes Advance in Office by Virtue of Their Swords (cf. The 3 Musketeers!). Red print on unbleached, stationery-quality paper. To be played with “dice” top, the four sides of which indicate virtue, talent, merit, and corruption. Originally 44.5 cm square.

Hearst Museum object titled Book, accession number 9-21431, described as Book. Vademecum containing 1) the list of Chinese surnames; 2) the Three-Character Classic; 3) the Thousand-Character Primer, all with homophones under each character; 4) inscriptions for all occasions in couplet form; 5) formulae how to sign letters; 6) samples for contracts; 7) fortune-telling: Kuan-yin’s 32 answers to coin-throwing; 8) how to raise horses, cattle, and chicken; 9) calendar for burials. Running on top: illustrations; Chang T’ien-shih’s (the Taoist pope’s) prescriptions for exorcising sickness. Published by the “Old Two-Yu Hall” Publishers, Peking. no date. 13.3 x 20.3 cm. Paper, stitched.

Hearst Museum object titled Book cover, accession number 9-21429, described as Book cover for stitched, Chinese-style volumes. Blue cloth over cardboard. Two loop and bone peg closures. Label for title on upper left front cover. Each panel lined with white paper, the joints with lighter blue material. 15 x 21.5 x 2.4 cm

Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 9-21291a,b, described as a and b: Men’s black satin boots. Cloth soles, donkey leather seam bindings, green at junction of sole to uppers. Cotton lining with glued-in paper manufacturer’s tag. 36.5 cm overall height; sole 8 cm x 23 cm; uppers heel to toe 26 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Collar, accession number 9-21268, described as Collar, child’s; Five petals in light green, midnight blue, cinnabar, hunter green, and mouse grey. All edges piped in black outside narrow silk tape, with blue edges and running diamond pattern, scalloped on one side. Embroidery is in satine stitch. petal 1: Moth and bird on flowering branch. Petal 2: double coin and bat with peach branch; Petal 3: bat over orchids; Petal 4: reed pipes (mouth organ?) over lotus; Petal 5: chrysanthemum. (Fide: Ilse Fang, 8/28/2001: Motifs may be seasonal. Medium to good embroidery quality.) Paper interfacing, peach-colored silk lining. ca. 1900. Girl’s name written on back of petal 4” T’ung Hsueh-yuan. Petals: 10 cm long, 11.5 cam; neck opening: ca. 8 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Envelope, accession number 9-21355, described as Scholarly letter envelope with images of antique bronzes from the Palace Museum and, on upper left, a book title: “collection of the various categories of the innumerable commentaries to Tu Fu’s Poems.” Wide window for addressee’s name.