Paper charm, folded bag, with characters in black ink and two red ink stamps. The stamp at the bottom is in red ink, with six characters including 'Nikko mountain'. The paper wrapper holds a wooden cone [1985.53.260 .2]. [RH [OPS Move] 26/4/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Paper charm, folded bag, with characters in black ink and two red ink stamps. The stamp at the bottom is in red ink, with six characters including 'Nikko mountain'. The paper wrapper holds a wooden cone [1985.53.260 .2]. [RH [OPS Move] 26/4/2017]
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 82 mm, Length: max 113 mm total, Length x Width: max 82 x 113 mm total
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.53.260.1
Research and responses: The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2013 as: “Inu i Hachiman daiboatsu Nikko-san goshu honzon”, Amulet for a person born in the year of dog or wild boar to be protected by Hachiman daibosatsu, from Nikko [FB 08/01/2014]