Charm

Museum number:
9-12852
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Accession number:
Acc.3158
Description:
charm; straw anthropomorphic effigy figure held together with wire; paper wired over head and shoulder with red-painted features; paper nailed through abdomen has red-painted intestines on surface; l. 26 cm.
Donor:
Herbert E. Garcia and Mrs. Herbert E. Garcia
Collection place:
Vietnam
Verbatim coll. place:
Vietnam, coast n. of Cam Ran Bay, vicinity of Tuyhoa
Collector:
Herbert E. Garcia
Collection date:
1965-1966
Materials:
Paper (fiber product)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Charms
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Accession date:
August 1, 1975
Context of use:
found tacked to door of house; to keep evil from newborn in house
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 26 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Charm, accession number 9-12852, described as charm; straw anthropomorphic effigy figure held together with wire; paper wired over head and shoulder with red-painted features; paper nailed through abdomen has red-painted intestines on surface; l. 26 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Charm, accession number 9-12852, described as charm; straw anthropomorphic effigy figure held together with wire; paper wired over head and shoulder with red-painted features; paper nailed through abdomen has red-painted intestines on surface; l. 26 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Charm, accession number 9-12852, described as charm; straw anthropomorphic effigy figure held together with wire; paper wired over head and shoulder with red-painted features; paper nailed through abdomen has red-painted intestines on surface; l. 26 cm.

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