- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Wooden cone-shaped case with two figures inside. The case has a window cut out through which the figures can be seen. For paper in which the figures are contained see [1985.53.892 .1] [EH [OPS Move] 27/6/2017]
- 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
- 1907
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Printed
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 9 mm, Height: max 17 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.53.892.2 Other numbers: 07 3
- Research and responses
The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2013 as: ““Yorozu shinbutsu ichidai no o-mamori honzon”. [FB 11/03/2015]
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