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Museum number:
9-21371
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
VIII 7 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4697
Description:
Banner with inscriptions for kitchen-god shrine. 6.7 x 24 cm. Mounted in USA. *Translation: ”When you ascend to heaven, report good things! Coming down to this world, guarantee peace and security.” Top character to be cut off and pasted on top of shrine. Lower part to be divided vertically and pasted on side posts of shrine.
Donor:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection place:
Peking, Beijing province, China
Verbatim coll. place:
China. Peking.
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection date:
1942/Chinese New Year
Materials:
Ink, Paper (fiber product), and Silver (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Banners
Function:
7.1 Writing and Records (including religious texts)
Accession date:
December 15, 1998
Context of use:
Spring inscriptions for kitchen-god shrine.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 24 centimeters and width 6.7 centimeters
Comment:
Attached to 9-21433.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Banner, accession number 9-21371, described as Banner with inscriptions for kitchen-god shrine. 6.7 x 24 cm. Mounted in USA. *Translation: ”When you ascend to heaven, report good things! Coming down to this world, guarantee peace and security.” Top character to be cut off and pasted on top of shrine. Lower part to be divided vertically and pasted on side posts of shrine.

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