FMNH 235571.nosub[1]

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    Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] CHICAGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM - ETHNOLOGY | Provenience: China, Peking [ Field Museum Subject Code written in red] 54B-25/01d | People or Culture: Chinese, Modern | Object: Scroll painting | Material: Silk, paper, wood, cotton string | Discription: A painting depicting two men at the head of a parade carrying banners proclaiming the commamoration of the Liberation of Peking, China; also two other men bearing placrds with pictures of Mao & Chu. They are followed by a group of youth in uniform headed by a drum corp. White background, multicolored dresses of human figures and cream silk framing. Two wooden rods in side ends with cotton string to secure when rolled. Acquired in Peking in 1950. | Dimensions: Ht: 20.6 w:145.4 (in cm) | Collection: Presented by Rev. (Miss) Ellen M. Studley 5 August 1963. Collected by donor circa 1923-1963. [LEFT MARGIN] A ENT 235571 | Field No. | Neg. No. | Acc. 2806 |
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Catalog Number: 235571.nosub[1]
Description: scroll painting
Materials: silk, paper, wood, cotton
Cultural Attribution: Han Chinese
Time Period: modern
Accession Number: [2806] E. Studley (Gift)
Accession Year: 1963
City/Town: Beijing - Peking
Collector/Source: Ellen Studley, Ellen Studley
EMu IRN: 1142586
GUID: cd79cf18-c817-4785-9540-3de7e4375855

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