Stick of wood wrapped with strip of white paper glued into folded paper envelope stamped with six characters in black ink and one sqaure red stamp in centre and smaller sqaure red stamp on reverse. [FC 9/10/2008]

Collection type: Object
Description: Stick of wood wrapped with strip of white paper glued into folded paper envelope stamped with six characters in black ink and one sqaure red stamp in centre and smaller sqaure red stamp on reverse. [FC 9/10/2008]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Cultural groups: Japanese
Person: Field collector Basil Hall Chamberlain; PRM source Basil Hall Chamberlain
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1908
Date collected: By 1908
Acquisition information: Donated: 1908
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Paper Plant, Material Pigment, Process Stamped, Process Glued
Dimensions: Length: max 185 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1908.82.251 Other numbers: Chamberlain no. 154

Search terms: Religion, Commemoration, Religious Object

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