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1. Amber

Museum number:: 5-15974
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Function:: 8.0 Use not specified (Raw Materials)
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

2. Cap

Museum number:: 9-20
Culture or time period:: Russians
Object class:: Caps (headgear)
Function:: 2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Collector:: Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:: Siberia, Russia
Collection date:: December 20, 1902

3. Container and cover

Museum number:: 9-5577a-c
Object class:: Dragons
Function:: 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Collector:: Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:: China
Collection date:: 1909

4. Container and cover

Museum number:: 9-5576a-c
Object class:: Dragons
Collector:: Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:: China
Collection date:: 1909

5. Figures

Museum number:: 9-5596a,b
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Collector:: Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:: China
Collection date:: 1909

6. Mics. pieces

Museum number:: 9-7796
Culture or time period:: Japanese
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation) and 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collector:: Geraldine C. Robson
Collection place:: Japan
Collection date:: before 1940

7. Necklace

Museum number:: 9-5448
Object class:: Necklaces
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Collector:: Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:: India
Collection date:: 1909

8. Necklace

Museum number:: 9-13355
Object class:: Necklaces
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Collector:: Albert M. Bender
Collection place:: China

9. Needle case

Museum number:: 9-21424a-c
Culture or time period:: Manchu people and Qing dynasty (1644–1912 AD)
Object class:: Needle cases
Function:: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Production date:: Manchu (Qing) Dynasty
Dimensions:: Ivory case— diameter 1.5 centimeters, Cord— length 29 centimeters, and Ivory case— length 8.7 centimeters
Collector:: Ilse Martin Fang
Collection place:: Beijing, Beijing municipality, Northern China
Collection date:: unknown

10. Netsuke

Museum number:: 9-7561
Culture or time period:: Japanese
Object class:: Netsukes
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Dimensions:: height 6.4 centimeters
Collector:: Geraldine C. Robson
Collection place:: Japan
Collection date:: before 1940