Amulet, thin wooden board with inscription, partly wrapped in paper and bound with a red paper strip. [El.B 10/12/2013]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet, thin wooden board with inscription, partly wrapped in paper and bound with a red paper strip. [El.B 10/12/2013]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
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 Wood Plant, Material Metal, Process Carved, Process Inscribed, Process Bound
Dimensions: Width: max 50 mm, Length: max 73 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.53.948
Research and responses: The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2013 as: “Kotohira daijin norito senjo anzen kito shimpu”, amulet from Konpira for safe voyage [FB 11/03/2015]

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