Woodcut

Museum number:
9-21435
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090021435
Alternate number:
VIII 8 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4697
Description:
Woodcut of the god of the earth for family shrine at New Year’s. (Mounted in USA in 1975). The god and his wife in pre-Manchu costume with three offerings and an incense burner before them. 14 X 15.6 cm.
Donor:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection place:
Beijing, Beijing municipality, Northern China
Verbatim coll. place:
China. Peking.
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection date:
1942 Chinese New Year
Materials:
Ink and Paper (fiber product)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
4.2 Public Buildings and Furnishings and 7.1 Writing and Records (including religious texts)
Accession date:
December 15, 1998
Context of use:
For family shrine at New Year’s.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 15.6 centimeters and width 14 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Woodcut, accession number 9-21435, described as Woodcut of the god of the earth for family shrine at New Year’s. (Mounted in USA in 1975). The god and his wife in pre-Manchu costume with three offerings and an incense burner before them. 14 X 15.6 cm.

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