Card case; red leather with impressed check design, edged with black leather & white stitching, folded twice. Two inside pockets with Chinese characters, holding visiting cards (now in RDF). Lined with red ?cotton. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 3/1/2006]

Collection type: Object
Description: Card case; red leather with impressed check design, edged with black leather & white stitching, folded twice. Two inside pockets with Chinese characters, holding visiting cards (now in RDF). Lined with red ?cotton. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 3/1/2006]
Geographical reference: China
Asia > Eastern Asia > China; [Manchuria Manzhou] Liaoning Shenyang or Mukden
Cultural groups: Manchu
Person: Field collector Robert T. Turley; PRM source Robert T. Turley
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1896
Date collected: By 1896
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1896
Materials and processes: Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Pigment, Material Ink, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Process Stitched, Process Impressed, Process Dyed, Process Printed
Dimensions: Width: max 107 mm as folded, Length: max 205 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1896.62.34
Research and responses: Mr. Turley's visiting card, found inside the wallet, gives his address as 'Moukden', also spelled 'Mukden', which is now known by its former (Chinese) name of Shenyang. It was also known as 'Fengtian' during the Manchukuo era (1932-1945). The card case may not have been made in this region, but Mr. Turley seems to have been based in this city. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 3/1/2006]

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