Accession No
2007.484 A-B
Description
Box - Rectangular box, (smaller than 2007.485) with separate lid. The box is carved with deer-like animals and human figures, probably a hunting scene, and flow across the base and the lid. The lid has four slanting sides out which emerge smaller rectangles, in the centre of the lid. This smaller and upper rectangle has triangles running along the rectangle’s sides. There is futhermore a carved deer-like animal arranged in this rectangle. The four slanted sides depict two double-headed snakes.
Place
Asia; East Asia; Taiwan
Period
Source
Whitehorn, John Nevile (Rev.) [collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
2007.484 A-B
Cultural Affliation
Paiwan
Material
Wood
Local Term
tjatev
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
(bio) Reverend John Whitehorn Objects 2007.481-2007.487 carved by the same carver from Putji. Acquired for Mr Whitehorn by an intermediary around 1969.
Event Date 29/11/2007
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Rectangular box, (smaller than 2007.485) with separate lid. The box is carved with deer-like animals and human figures, probably a hunting scene, and flow across the base and the lid. The lid has four slanting sides out which emerge smaller rectangles, in the centre of the lid. This smaller and upper rectangle has triangles running along the rectangle’s sides. There is futhermore a carved deer-like animal arranged in this rectangle. The four slanted sides depict two double-headed snakes.
Event Date 29/11/2007
Author: maa
FM:265763
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