Paper cutouts

Museum number:
9-21362a-e
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210921362a@2de
Alternate number:
9-21362a-d and IX 1 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4697
Description:
Paper cutouts. Set of four paper cutouts for the midsummer dragon boat festival. Red paper. 10.5 - 12 cm high; 6 - 7 cm wide. 1) Centipede and lizard on top, frog in center beside lotus leaf; 2) Pair of scissors to cut scorpion and frog on top, snake in the middle, and lizard and centipede in handles; 3) Star decorated gourd; 4) Swastika decorated gourd with frog and scorpion below, lizard (?) and snake above.
Donor:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection place:
Beijing, Beijing municipality, Northern China
Verbatim coll. place:
China. Peking (Beijing) at flea-market. First half of 20th Century.
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection date:
1942
Materials:
Paper (fiber product)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dragons
Function:
4.2 Public Buildings and Furnishings
Production date:
First half of 20th century
Accession date:
December 15, 1998
Context of use:
To be hung on walls or furniture or doors for the midsummer (dragon-boat) festival.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
approx.— height 11 centimeters and approx.— width 6.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Paper cutouts, accession number 9-21362a-e, described as Paper cutouts. Set of four paper cutouts for the midsummer dragon boat festival. Red paper. 10.5 - 12 cm high; 6 - 7 cm wide. 1) Centipede and lizard on top, frog in center beside lotus leaf; 2) Pair of scissors to cut scorpion and frog on top, snake in the middle, and lizard and centipede in handles; 3) Star decorated gourd; 4) Swastika decorated gourd with frog and scorpion below, lizard (?) and snake above.

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