Woodcut poster

Museum number:
9-21440
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
VIII 14 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4697
Description:
Woodcut poster of the spirit of bridges. Two fish leap up toward the spirit’s belt. The acolyte helps him over a bridge. 15.2 x 24 cm. Flanking the poster: two strips of paper money to be burned in courtyard on New Year’s Eve. 5.8 x 21.7 cm. (Mounted in USA).
Donor:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection place:
Beijing, Beijing municipality, Northern China
Verbatim coll. place:
China. Peking (Beijing).
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection date:
1942 Chinese New Year
Materials:
Ink and Paper (fiber product)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Posters
Function:
4.2 Public Buildings and Furnishings and 7.1 Writing and Records (including religious texts)
Accession date:
December 15, 1998
Context of use:
To be burned in courtyard on New Year’s.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
Money strips— width 5.8 centimeters, width 15.2 centimeters, Money strips— length 21.7 centimeters, and length 24 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Woodcut poster, accession number 9-21440, described as Woodcut poster of the spirit of bridges. Two fish leap up toward the spirit’s belt. The acolyte helps him over a bridge. 15.2 x 24 cm. Flanking the poster: two strips of paper money to be burned in courtyard on New Year’s Eve. 5.8 x 21.7 cm. (Mounted in USA).

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