- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Paper charm with hand print in centre and characters in black ink, framed in glass. [MJD 20/03/2013]
- Long description
- Paper charm with hand print in centre and characters in black ink, framed in glass. The hand print has a design in the palm. [MJD 20/03/2013]
- Cultural groups
- Japanese
- Person
- Field collector Walter Leo Hildburgh
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1916
- Date collected
- by 1916
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Paper Plant, Material Ink, Process Inscribed, Process Stamped
- Dimensions
- Width: max 140 mm, Length: max 222 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.53.325 Other numbers: R 13216/ 1936
Search terms: Ornament, Religion, Writing, Picture and Graphic Art, Amulet, Inscription, Drawing
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