Carving

Museum number:
9-6763
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090006763
Accession number:
Acc.2076
Description:
Tortoise shell carving; dragon motif; w. 3”.
Donor:
Estate of Camille J. Ehrenfels
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China, attrib. (Virginia Ng, 1/66)
Collector:
Camille J. Ehrenfels and Henry Ehrenfels
Collection date:
before January 19, 1966
Materials:
Tortoise shell
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dragons
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 7.62 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Carving, accession number 9-6763, described as Tortoise shell carving; dragon motif; w. 3”.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Carving, accession number 9-6763, described as Tortoise shell carving; dragon motif; w. 3”.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Carving, accession number 9-6763, described as Tortoise shell carving; dragon motif; w. 3”.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Carving, accession number 9-6763, described as Tortoise shell carving; dragon motif; w. 3”.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Carving, accession number 9-6763, described as Tortoise shell carving; dragon motif; w. 3”.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 9-6763, described as Tortoise shell carving; dragon motif; w. 3”.

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