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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 Altar cloth, accession number 9-13088, described as altarcloth; silk gold with embroidered floral- curvilinear desgin in blue, green, red; dragon embroidered in cenyer in gold metallic thread, yellow silk backing; 71x71 centimeters
Hearst Museum object titled Altarcloth, accession number 9-13089, described as Altarcloth; silk red with brocaded patterns (curvilinear) in green, blue, or yellow, two 53 cm long strips stitched on 25.5 cm from side edges; linen? backing.
Hearst Museum object titled Apron, accession number 9-21306, described as Shaman’s apron. Eighteen gores of patterned silk flaring from 3 to 3.5 cm width at the waistline to between 7.5 and 9.8 cm width at the bottom are arranged in a color scheme of yellow, cobalt blue, apricot, lemon green, scarlet, hunter green, gold, burnt Sienna; the same sequence repeated; and eggshell white and peach. The seams are covered with 1.6 cm wide strips of cobalt blue satin. They end 4.2 to 5.2 cm above the bottom of the apron. The last 14 cm changing into 7.5 cm of black satin with chevron decorations above and at the end. The cobalt blue satin tips are always off the seam to the right. The chevrons at the upper and lower ends of the black strip are formed of a 0.8 cm wide, woven silk (?) tape with white, sea green and maize zones, their order in the upper application reversed in the lower one. Black bars with more or less faded red dots run through all three zones. The 1.5 cm-wide silk tape above the final chevron has a running floral pattern between 2 thin light blue lines. On the white ground, the color scheme of the pattern is apple green and shades of blue, also red. Below the seam tapes, the gores are connected only with basting stitches. The narrow hem was done last. A 9.5 to 10 cm-high waistband of ochre silk is run through with a red and gold rayon (?) tie. Both waist and hemline slightly rounded. Width of apron at bottom: 153 cm; at waistline: 61.5 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Apron, accession number 9-23667, described as Apron: bell shaped with two fringed woven attachments, indigo batik design of birds and natural forms with border.
Hearst Museum object titled Apron, accession number 9-21297, described as Permanent-blue Butcher’s apron. Smocked on front sides in white. A single and one double line of smocking anchored at the ends with herringbone stitches. Front slit with underlying panel provides a pocket in the 13 cm waistband. Pocket marked by white repeating stitching. Overall length: 78.5 cm; width at hemline, including underlying panels: 102 cm; waistband 59 cm long.
Hearst Museum object titled Apron, accession number 9-23396, described as Apron: Central panel indigo floral design framed with geometric patterns appliqued onto black ground cloth embroidered in red and pink with highlights of green and blue on edges with geometric designs. Long woven attached ties to top of fabric with black and white stripes.
Hearst Museum object titled Army mug, accession number 9-23887, described as Tin army mug. The silver-gray body is cast with a five-pointed star and the slogan “Serve the People” (為人民服務Wei renmin fuwu). The middle character min is enclosed in the star. Aquisition data: Liulichang West, Beijing, Ms. Hao Yu. Purchased 2005 or earlier.
Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 9-16669a-f, described as Arrow, fletched sharkskin wrapping at nock end, red material wrapped around foreshaft; diamond-shaped rusty metal points; fletching in poor condition CHECK

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