Small folded piece of paper, part of a Japanese paper charm. For larger folded piece of paper in which this object is contained see [1985.53.85 .1] [EH [OPS Move] 27/6/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Small folded piece of paper, part of a Japanese paper charm. For larger folded piece of paper in which this object is contained see [1985.53.85 .1] [EH [OPS Move] 27/6/2017]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan; Honshū Kantō Tokyo
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: 1907
Acquisition information: Loaned: 1985
Materials and processes: Material Paper Plant
Dimensions: Width: max 13 mm, Length: max 23 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.53.85.2 Other numbers: 40 A 52343/ 2268
Research and responses: The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2013 as: “Kaji dosha”, Sacred sand for a prayer “Daishigawara Heikenmitsu-ji”, Heiken-ji temple in Daishigawara in Kawasaki. *Similar to 1985.53.6, thought from a different source. [FB 21/08/2013]