Paper

Museum number:
9-13690
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090013690
Accession number:
Acc.3314
Description:
Sticker; paper; birds, dragons, flowers, fruit on red ground; 13 cm x 30 cm. China, Hong Kong, Kowloon Native name: ping on tai kut - wish fulfillment Reads; "Good (prosperous) business." Stuck on walls, doors of households or business. Formely in tablet form, now paper. Purchased at paper good store.
Donor:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Hong Kong
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dragons
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Paper, accession number 9-13690, described as Sticker; paper; birds, dragons, flowers, fruit on red ground; 13 cm x 30 cm. China, Hong Kong, Kowloon Native name: ping on tai kut - wish fulfillment Reads; "Good (prosperous) business." Stuck on walls, doors of households or business. Formely in tablet form, now paper. Purchased at paper good store.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paper, accession number 9-13690, described as Sticker; paper; birds, dragons, flowers, fruit on red ground; 13 cm x 30 cm. China, Hong Kong, Kowloon Native name: ping on tai kut - wish fulfillment Reads; "Good (prosperous) business." Stuck on walls, doors of households or business. Formely in tablet form, now paper. Purchased at paper good store.

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