FMNH 235249.nosub[1]

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    Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] CHICAGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM - ETHNOLOGY | Provenience: CHINA [ written in red ] 54B-5/02 | People or Culture: Chinese | Object: shadow figure | Material: painted hide, wire, bamboo | Description: Probably body of a general having tan jacket with red front closing and 4 blue buttons; jacket has black bottom border; tan, green, and black scabbard at waist has green dots on tan end and has a black tassel with a cut-out cross in a black circle; red skirt has wave/rock and cloud motifs; tan manchu sleeves have black border; cuffs are red and black; bamboo part of handle of right hand is missing; leg hinges have wheels. [ sketch included] | Dimensions (in cm.): 20.5 X 7.5 maximum | Collection: Purchased from Miss Edna H. Bahr, 24 December 1959 [LEFT MARGIN] A [in red] ENT | 235249 | Field No. | Neg. No. | Acc. 2687 |
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Catalog Number: 235249.nosub[1]
Description: shadow figure
Materials: animal hide, pigment, metal, bamboo
Cultural Attribution: Han Chinese
Accession Number: [2687] E. H. Bahr (Purchase)
Accession Year:
Collector/Source: Edna H. Bahr : American Friends of China, Edna H. Bahr : American Friends of China
EMu IRN: 1142288
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