Box

Museum number:
9-17005a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210917005a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.3822
Description:
Box for cigarettes (or cards?), made of carved wood with hinges and hasp made of etched brass. On top is a carved mutton fat jade butterfly; inside, (b) brass piece etched, to be used to remove contents of box. Division down middle of inside of box. (A) 15x11cm. (b) length 12cm. (b) is corroded
Donor:
Gladys "Gay" Womack and Robert Womack
Collection place:
China
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers) and Carvings (visual works)
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Box, accession number 9-17005a,b, described as Box for cigarettes (or cards?), made of carved wood with hinges and hasp made of etched brass. On top is a carved mutton fat jade butterfly; inside, (b) brass piece etched, to be used to remove contents of box. Division down middle of inside of box. (A) 15x11cm. (b) length 12cm. (b) is corrodedHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Box, accession number 9-17005a,b, described as Box for cigarettes (or cards?), made of carved wood with hinges and hasp made of etched brass. On top is a carved mutton fat jade butterfly; inside, (b) brass piece etched, to be used to remove contents of box. Division down middle of inside of box. (A) 15x11cm. (b) length 12cm. (b) is corroded
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 9-17005a,b, described as Box for cigarettes (or cards?), made of carved wood with hinges and hasp made of etched brass. On top is a carved mutton fat jade butterfly; inside, (b) brass piece etched, to be used to remove contents of box. Division down middle of inside of box. (A) 15x11cm. (b) length 12cm. (b) is corroded

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