- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Rectangular printed envelope containing four smaller printed envelopes.
- Long description
- Rectangular printed envelope containing four smaller printed envelopes. Printed on the front of the envelope is a lamp and tea set placed upn a red table. The smaller envelopes have different designs which include animal heads, a tea set and a lantern. Japanese is written on the back of each envelope in black ink. A folded piece of paper found inside the envelope contains Japanese writing. [TW]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Japanese
- Person
- Field collector Eugene Haanel Cassidy
- Field collector Alice Caroline Coates
- PRM source Sylvia Platt
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1938
- Date collected
- ?1930 - 1938
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1997
- Materials and processes
- Material Paper Plant, Material Ink, Material Watercolour Paint, Process Printed, Process Written
- Dimensions
- Width: max 63 mm, Length: max 123 mm, Length: max 92 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1997.24.31.1 Accession number: 1997.24.31.2 Accession number: 1997.24.31.3 Accession number: 1997.24.31.4 Accession number: 1997.24.31.5
Search terms: Ritual and Ceremonial, Writing, Currency, Marriage, Envelope
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