Container and fragments

Museum number:
9-13667a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210913667a@2dc
Accession number:
Acc.3314
Description:
Bodywarmer; brass, nickel plated; a - pot with handle; b - threaded cap; c - stopper with remnants of cork; filled with hot water in winter. Usually covered with linen or wool bags as insulation. Conflicting opinions on this. Some swear never having seen such an object, but Hong Kong curator says this is indicative of their youth. Hand/body warmers of this type have been out of use for over 30 years. From Mainland (probably Northern) China.
Donor:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Hong Kong
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Containers (receptacles)
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1979-1980 #67: University of California, Berkeley (May 28, 1980–June 24, 1980)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Container and fragments, accession number 9-13667a-c, described as Bodywarmer; brass, nickel plated; a - pot with handle; b - threaded cap; c - stopper with remnants of cork; filled with hot water in winter. Usually covered with linen or wool bags as insulation. Conflicting opinions on this. Some swear never having seen such an object, but Hong Kong curator says this is indicative of their youth. Hand/body warmers of this type have been out of use for over 30 years. From Mainland (probably Northern) China.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Container and fragments, accession number 9-13667a-c, described as Bodywarmer; brass, nickel plated; a - pot with handle; b - threaded cap; c - stopper with remnants of cork; filled with hot water in winter. Usually covered with linen or wool bags as insulation. Conflicting opinions on this. Some swear never having seen such an object, but Hong Kong curator says this is indicative of their youth. Hand/body warmers of this type have been out of use for over 30 years. From Mainland (probably Northern) China.

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