Compass - sun dial

Museum number:
9-21280
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090021280
Alternate number:
VII - 8 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4697
Description:
Compass - sun dial. Wood. Folding sun dial to be raised by notches for each of the twelve parts of the year. 5.5 cm x 11.5 cm x 1.7 cm H.
Donor:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China.
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection date:
probably 1940s
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
December 15, 1998
Context of use:
Compass - sun dial. Fide: Ilse M. Fang, 8/28/2001: May have been used by someone who needed it professionally, or may help determine direction of a house for feng shui.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Compass - sun dial, accession number 9-21280, described as Compass - sun dial. Wood. Folding sun dial to be raised by notches for each of the twelve parts of the year. 5.5 cm x 11.5 cm x 1.7 cm H.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Compass - sun dial, accession number 9-21280, described as Compass - sun dial. Wood. Folding sun dial to be raised by notches for each of the twelve parts of the year. 5.5 cm x 11.5 cm x 1.7 cm H.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Compass - sun dial, accession number 9-21280, described as Compass - sun dial. Wood. Folding sun dial to be raised by notches for each of the twelve parts of the year. 5.5 cm x 11.5 cm x 1.7 cm H.

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