Accession No
E 1916.209 B
Description
One of two packets of imitation paper money burnt at funerals.
Place
Asia; East Asia; China
Period
Source
Evans, Ivor Hugh Norman [collector]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
E 1916.209 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Paper
Local Term
Measurements
111mm x 60mm x 108mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Metal label attached with black thread reads: '1916.209 B'.
Event Date
Author: ashleigh griffin
Description (Labels & Markings)
Old luggage tag attached to the label reads: 1916. 209 b. Imitation paper money, to be burnt at Chinese funerals, etc. S. China. I.H.N. Evans, B.A.'
Event Date
Author: ashleigh griffin
Description (Physical description)
Packet of paper money, bound together with red paper string. On one side of the stack is an image of a man, wearing a robe, holding onto a long scroll with text written down the front of the piece. To the right of this image are letters in a Chinese script, in large red writing.
Event Date 1/10/2019
Author: ashleigh griffin
FM:284944
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