Book cover
- Museum number:
- 9-21452
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21090021452
- Alternate number:
- X III 1 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.4697
- Description:
- Book cover. Wood. The two boards have inside grooves ending in holes for tapes to run through. Tapes ca. 57 cm long. Boards 18 x 30.3 x .5cm.
- Donor:
- Ilse Martin Fang
- Collection place:
- Beijing, Beijing municipality, Northern China
- Verbatim coll. place:
- China. Peking (Beijing). Received by Ilse Fang in 1942. First half of 20th century.
- Culture or time period:
- Chinese
- Collector:
- Ilse Martin Fang
- Collection date:
- 1942
- Materials:
- Wood (plant material)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Book covers
- Function:
- 7.1 Writing and Records (including religious texts)
- Production date:
- First half of 20th century
- Accession date:
- December 15, 1998
- Context of use:
- Wooden book cover for stitched, Chinese-style volumes.
- Department:
- Asia (except western Russia)
- Dimensions:
- Tapes, ca.— length 57 centimeters, width 18 centimeters, length 30.3 centimeters, and depth 0.5 centimeters
- Images:
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