Coral piece

Museum number:
9-21322
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090021322
Alternate number:
IV-8 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4697
Description:
Coral piece. Piece of broken-off coral from an ornament. 2.2 cm long. Fide: Ilse M. Fang, 8/28/2001: Coral in China comes from Tibet, because that was a sea bed.
Donor:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China.
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection date:
Probably late 1930s to mid-1940s
Materials:
Coral (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.3 Special Ornaments, Garb, and Finery Worn to Battle by Warrior (excluding status insignia)
Accession date:
December 15, 1998
Context of use:
Coral piece from an ornament. Date unknown.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 2.2 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coral piece, accession number 9-21322, described as Coral piece. Piece of broken-off coral from an ornament. 2.2 cm long. Fide: Ilse M. Fang, 8/28/2001: Coral in China comes from Tibet, because that was a sea bed.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coral piece, accession number 9-21322, described as Coral piece. Piece of broken-off coral from an ornament. 2.2 cm long. Fide: Ilse M. Fang, 8/28/2001: Coral in China comes from Tibet, because that was a sea bed.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coral piece, accession number 9-21322, described as Coral piece. Piece of broken-off coral from an ornament. 2.2 cm long. Fide: Ilse M. Fang, 8/28/2001: Coral in China comes from Tibet, because that was a sea bed.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coral piece, accession number 9-21322, described as Coral piece. Piece of broken-off coral from an ornament. 2.2 cm long. Fide: Ilse M. Fang, 8/28/2001: Coral in China comes from Tibet, because that was a sea bed.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coral piece, accession number 9-21322, described as Coral piece. Piece of broken-off coral from an ornament. 2.2 cm long. Fide: Ilse M. Fang, 8/28/2001: Coral in China comes from Tibet, because that was a sea bed.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coral piece, accession number 9-21322, described as Coral piece. Piece of broken-off coral from an ornament. 2.2 cm long. Fide: Ilse M. Fang, 8/28/2001: Coral in China comes from Tibet, because that was a sea bed.

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