- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Oval shape, made of wood covered with a layer of grey clay and wrapped in grey paper. Designed to represent a pile of coins. Found inside box [1985.53.693 .1] along with [1985.53.693 .2 - .4] and [1985.53.693 .6 - .7] [EH [OPS Move] 2/5/2017]
- 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 Wood Plant, Material Clay, Material Paper Plant
- Dimensions
- Height: max 9 mm, Width: max 14 mm, Length: max 19 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.53.693.5 Other numbers: 07 28
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