FMNH 235572.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 scroll painting of seven groups of children shown playing different games. On the far right side of the painting is a group of four children bearing an effigy of a green dragon. Background color is white, multicolored dresses of human figures and cream silk framing. Wooden rods at both ends with cotton string for securing when rolled. Acquired in Peking in 1947. ( See sktch on the back) | Dimensions: Ht: 20.6 w:146 (in cm) | Collection: Presented by Rev. (Miss) Ellen M. Studley 5 August 1963. Collected by donor circa 1923-1963. [LEFT MARGIN] A ENT 235572 | Field No. | Neg. No. | Acc. 2806 |
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Catalog Number: 235572.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: 1142587
GUID: e278fe77-b96e-44ef-b847-dca17563173c

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