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1892.29.10.1

Amulet - Cloth charm bag [.1] with paper envelope [.2] containing an amulet that is adhered to the paper. [SM 13/10/2008]

1892.29.10.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Amulet - Cloth charm bag [.1] with paper envelope [.2] containing an amulet that is adhered to the paper. [SM 13/10/2008]
Long description
Amulet - Cloth charm bag [.1] with paper envelope [.2] containing an amulet that is adhered to the paper. The amulet bag [.1] is has a woven pattern of gold flowers on a red background. It has a plaited red string to gather the opening of the bag. The string is tied into a bow. The paper envelope [.2] consists of a piece of folded paper with a stamped inscription in black and a circular red stamp. A small charm made from the same fabric as the bag is adhered to the paper. [SM 13/10/2008]
Geographical reference
Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Cultural groups
Japanese
Person
Field collector Basil Hall Chamberlain
PRM source Basil Hall Chamberlain
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1892
Date collected
Before 1892
Acquisition information
Donated: 1892
Materials and processes
Material Paper Plant, Material Textile, Material Ink, Material Pigment, Material String, Material Glue, Process Written, Process Stamped, Process Tied, Process Stitched, Process Plaited, Process Glued
Dimensions
Width: max 95 mm, Length: max 81 mm, Length: max 80 mm, Width: max 61 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1892.29.10.1 Accession number: 1892.29.10.2
Research and responses

The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2009 as: “Hikawa jinja goshugo” - Hikawa shrine amulet [SM 10/02/2009]

Associated publications
This object is referred to in an article by Basil Hall Chamberlain, Notes on Some Minor Japanese Religious Practices, The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 22 (1893), pp. 355-370, p.364. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2842134 [El.B 06/06/2012]

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