Board
- Museum number:
- 18-1558
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21180001558
- Accession number:
- Acc.4230
- Description:
- Calendar board, dark-stained wood; engraved board with multiple squares, some with circles within; diamond design down length of board; border on three sides has single eye and continuous floral design in deep relief. Augury board (”calenda”) for determining lucky and unlucky days for various enterprises. 30-day lunar months and seven day weeks. 37.7 x 11.4 cm.
- Donor:
- Lawrence E. Dawson
- Collection place:
- Malaysia
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Function:
- 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
- Department:
- Asia (except western Russia)
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