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Hearst Museum object titled Wallet, accession number 9-21256, described as Wallet to be carried in riding boot. Covered inside and outside with black broadcloth, bordered with a white, light blue and navy braid. It covers both sides and one bottom together, the other edges separately for the inside and the outside. Top and bottom edges rounded. Inside braids: a narrow green, white pearled tape. Plain outside; inside appliqued with two pink flowering plants. Anthers in satin and know stitch. Both outside and inside made of one piece each. Compartment lined with vermillion red silk, the upper edge with pink, sized cotton cloth. Left panel has a wide inside pocket; the right panel, two narrow ones. Use of inside pockets unknown. A red slip of paper with four cyclical binoms was found in the wallet, stuck in the wide inside pocket. Overall height: 16 cm; width, closed: 9.7 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Washbasin, accession number 9-23975, described as Vitreous enamel washbasin, 36.5 cm dia. 1968, People’s Republic of China The interior is decorated with a stenciled image of a train crossing grassland. Below are two roses in full blossom, one red and one orange. Above the train is a red inscription “Aspiring to travel far and make a difference” (志在四方Zhi zai sifang). Pink edge and dark blue bowstring decorates the rim. The exterior is decorated with stenciled green wheat pattern. Inscription: Base: “Dazhong product, State-operated Shanghai No. 6 Enamel Factory 68.8-13” (大众产品国营上海搪瓷六厂68. 8-13 Dazhong chanpin guoying Shanghai tangci liu chang 68.8-Shanghai, China

Hearst Museum object titled Watercolor painting, accession number 17-362, described as Egyptian stone carvings, side view.

Hearst Museum object titled Watercolor painting, accession number 17-101, described as Watercolor painting. Pontine Marshes. (Bertaccini). (Ponptinae Paludes). Campagna with buffaloes.