- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Paper charm with stylised characters in red ink. [MJD 04/01/2013]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Japanese
- Person
- Field collector Walter Leo Hildburgh
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1916
- Date collected
- By 1916
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Paper Plant, Material Ink, Process Inscribed
- Dimensions
- Width: max 59 mm, Length: max 298 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.53.33 Other numbers: 15 A 52382 2278 R 13/ 1937
Search terms: Ornament, Religion, Writing, Picture and Graphic Art, Amulet, Inscription, Drawing
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