Boxes (5)

Museum number:
9-125a-i
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090125a@2di
Accession number:
Acc.143
Description:
5 cylindrical gilt wooden boxes. Turtle with bird-like tail on cover of each. Probably for Incense Ceremony. Box bases are labeled a, c, e, g and i. Lids are labeled b, d, f, h, j.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers)
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Boxes (5), accession number 9-125a-i, described as 5 cylindrical gilt wooden boxes. Turtle with bird-like tail on cover of each. Probably for Incense Ceremony. Box bases are labeled a, c, e, g and i. Lids are labeled b, d, f, h, j.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Boxes (5), accession number 9-125a-i, described as 5 cylindrical gilt wooden boxes. Turtle with bird-like tail on cover of each. Probably for Incense Ceremony. Box bases are labeled a, c, e, g and i. Lids are labeled b, d, f, h, j.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Boxes (5), accession number 9-125a-i, described as 5 cylindrical gilt wooden boxes. Turtle with bird-like tail on cover of each. Probably for Incense Ceremony. Box bases are labeled a, c, e, g and i. Lids are labeled b, d, f, h, j.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boxes (5), accession number 9-125a-i, described as 5 cylindrical gilt wooden boxes. Turtle with bird-like tail on cover of each. Probably for Incense Ceremony. Box bases are labeled a, c, e, g and i. Lids are labeled b, d, f, h, j.

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