- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Pair of ivory chopsticks with figure of a dragon. Inscribed with Chinese characters. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 22/2/2006]
- Geographical reference
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1990
- Date collected
- By 1990
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1990
- Materials and processes
- Material Animal Ivory Tooth, Process Incised, Process Inscribed
- Dimensions
- Width: max 5 mm, Length: max 204 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1990.29.47.1 Accession number: 1990.29.47.2 Other numbers: T29/88.
Search terms: Food and Drink, Writing, Chopstick, Inscription, Food Accessory
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