Paper charm with three stamps in red and black ink. There is a cylindrical black stamp in the centre with red circular stamp on top. The stamp at the bottom is in red ink, with six characters including 'Nikko mountain'. The paper wrapper holds a wooden figure [1985.53.254 .2]. [MJD 05/03/2013]

Collection type: Object
Description: Paper charm with three stamps in red and black ink. There is a cylindrical black stamp in the centre with red circular stamp on top. The stamp at the bottom is in red ink, with six characters including 'Nikko mountain'. The paper wrapper holds a wooden figure [1985.53.254 .2]. [MJD 05/03/2013]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan; Honshū Kantō Tochigi Nikko
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 109 mm, Length: max 244 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.53.254.1
Research and responses: The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2013 as: Not legible apart from “Nikko-san”, Mt. Nikko [FB 08/01/2014]