- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Paper charm, folded sheet with characters and shapes in black ink, within a grid. [MJD 19/03/2013]
- Long description
- Paper charm, folded sheet with characters and shapes in black ink, within a grid. Used in fortune telling. [MJD 19/03/2013]
- Cultural groups
- Japanese
- Person
- Field collector Walter Leo Hildburgh
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1907
- Date collected
- by 1907
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Paper Plant, Material Ink, Process Inscribed, Process Stamped
- Dimensions
- Width: max 361 mm, Length: max 364 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.53.316 Other numbers: 1663 R 13564/ 1936
Search terms: Ornament, Religion, Writing, Picture and Graphic Art, Amulet, Inscription, Drawing
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