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1886.1.375.124

Wooden ?prow decoration [.124] painted red. For Chinese Junk. [See entries 1886.1.375.1-130] [SM (Verve) 25/04/2013]

1886.1.375.124

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Collection type
Object
Description
Wooden ?prow decoration [.124] painted red. For Chinese Junk. [See entries 1886.1.375.1-130] [SM (Verve) 25/04/2013]
Long description
Wooden ?prow decoration [.124] painted red. For Chinese Junk. [See entries 1886.1.375.1-130] The object is made from a number of lengths of wood jointed together and painted red in the form of two squares jointed together in a diagonal pattern. The top square has a cylindrical wooden toggle suspended inside it with plant fibre string. The bottom of the ornament is broken off and has an iron nail nailed through it. [SM (Verve) 25/04/2013]
Geographical reference
China
Asia > Eastern Asia > China
Person
Field collector Henry Wise
PRM source Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Date / Period
Date made: On or before 1825?, uncertain
Date collected
?On or before 1825
Acquisition information
Transferred: 31/03/1886
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Material Iron Metal, Material String Plant, Process Sawn, Process Perforated, Process Painted, Process Tied, Process Strung, Process Nailed
Dimensions
Width: max 100 mm, Length: max 137 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1886.1.375.124 Other numbers: 11 375 20

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