- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Chinese medicine specimen: three pangolin scales [.1 - .3] and a piece of paper with characters written in Chinese [.4]
- Geographical reference
- [Manchuria Manzhou] Liaoning Shenyang or Mukden
- Cultural groups
- Manchu
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1906
- Date collected
- 1906
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1906
- Materials and processes
- Material Animal Part, Material Paper Plant, Material Ink, Process Written
- Dimensions
- Length: max 48 mm, Length: max 41 mm, Length: max 45 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1906.49.18.1 Accession number: 1906.49.18.2 Accession number: 1906.49.18.3 Accession number: 1906.49.18.4 Other numbers: 18
- Research and responses
'Manis' is the only genus of Pangolins. The Chinese Pangolin (which is probably the one referred to here) is called Manis pentadactyla. [El.B 01/12/2009]
1906.49.18.1
Chinese medicine specimen: three pangolin scales [.1 - .3] and a piece of paper with characters written in Chinese [.4]
1906.49.18.1
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