Amulet against disease - outer paper envelope with inscription and a smaller piece of paper with an inscription inside. [SM 16/10/2008]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet against disease - outer paper envelope with inscription and a smaller piece of paper with an inscription inside. [SM 16/10/2008]
Long description: Amulet against disease - outer paper envelope with inscription and a smaller piece of paper with an inscription inside. The outer paper envelope is glued shut. The inscriptions are in black ink and there is a small red dot on above the inscription on the outer envelope. [SM 16/10/2008]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Person: Field collector Basil Hall Chamberlain; PRM source Basil Hall Chamberlain
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1908?, uncertain
Date collected: 1908?
Acquisition information: Donated: 1908 Found unentered: 24/06/2003
Materials and processes: Material Ink, Material Paper Plant, Material Pigment, Material Glue, Process Printed, Process Glued
Dimensions: Width: max 38 mm, Length: max 135 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1908.82.803
Research and responses: This object was examined along with others from the Chamberlain Collection by Sekiko Matsuzaki-Petitmengin on 27 June 2003 [SM 16/10/2008]
The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2012 as: “Joyaku shugo no tokoro”, protection from the evil, *A note written in pencil reads “Oki”, possibly Oki Island in Izumo [MJD 16/10/2012]

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