Box w/ cover

Museum number:
9-5584a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21095584a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.374
Description:
Round tortoise shell box and cover; intricately carved in delicate high relief; diameter 4 5/16 in x height 1 1/16 in
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
1909
Materials:
Tortoise shell
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers) and Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Box w/ cover, accession number 9-5584a,b, described as Round tortoise shell box and cover; intricately carved in delicate high relief; diameter 4 5/16 in x height 1 1/16 inHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Box w/ cover, accession number 9-5584a,b, described as Round tortoise shell box and cover; intricately carved in delicate high relief; diameter 4 5/16 in x height 1 1/16 in
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box w/ cover, accession number 9-5584a,b, described as Round tortoise shell box and cover; intricately carved in delicate high relief; diameter 4 5/16 in x height 1 1/16 in

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