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1935.75.4.1

Woven silk sheath [.1] with loop on top with two flat stone beads. Contains wooden sheath [.2], lacquered or overlaid with tortoiseshell, which contains a knife [.3], a pair of ivory chopsticks [.4-.5] and a ?toothpick [.6]. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 21/2/2006]

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1935.75.4.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Woven silk sheath [.1] with loop on top with two flat stone beads. Contains wooden sheath [.2], lacquered or overlaid with tortoiseshell, which contains a knife [.3], a pair of ivory chopsticks [.4-.5] and a ?toothpick [.6]. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 21/2/2006]
Geographical reference
China
Asia > Eastern Asia > China
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1935
Date collected
By 1935
Acquisition information
Loaned: 07/1935 Donated: 1938
Materials and processes
Material Silk Textile Animal, Material Pigment, Material Animal Ivory Tooth, Material Stone, Material Tortoiseshell Reptile, Material Lacquer Varnish, Process Woven, Process Dyed, Process Lacquered Varnished
Dimensions
Length: max 205 mm, Length: max 301 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1935.75.4.1 Accession number: 1935.75.4.2 Accession number: 1935.75.4.3 Accession number: 1935.75.4.4 Accession number: 1935.75.4.5 Accession number: 1935.75.4.6

Search terms: Food and Drink, Box, Bag, Chopstick, Food Accessory, Knife

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