Paper charm with characters stamped in black ink. [MJD 01/02/2013]

Collection type: Object
Description: Paper charm with characters stamped in black ink. [MJD 01/02/2013]
Long description: Paper charm with characters stamped in black ink. The paper is folded into a rectangle. There is a small piece of folded paper inside. [MJD 01/02/2013]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Cultural groups: Japanese
Person: Field collector Walter Leo Hildburgh; PRM source Wellcome Institute; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1985
Date collected: by 1985
Acquisition information: Loaned: 1985
Materials and processes: Material Paper Plant, Material Ink, Process Inscribed, Process Stamped
Dimensions: Width: max 41 mm, Length: max 92 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.53.166
Research and responses: The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2013 as: “Kaji dosha Daishigawara Heigen mitsuji”, Purification sand from Heigen-ji temple. [FB 21/08/2013]

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