FMNH 125921.A

  • 125921: blue cotton belt with white
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    Description: blue cotton belt with white jade buckle
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    Creator: Andrew J. Leith : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology
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Catalog Number: 125921.A
Description: Belt and belt hook. Cotton belt. Jade hook with snub-nosed dragon's head at one end, spiral at other. Cicada facing dragon. Ch'ing.
Materials: stone; jade, cotton
Cultural Attribution: Manchu
Time Period: Qing Dynasty
Accession Number: [1462] Captain Marshall Field Ethnological Expedition to China (Gift)
Accession Year:
City/Town: Beijing - Peking
Collector/Source: Captain Marshall Field Ethnological Expedition to China, Berthold Laufer : Field Museum of Natural History, Peter J. Bahr : American Friends of China
EMu IRN: 1354965
GUID: 483395f0-7530-4175-b5b5-67aa1373fcce

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