FMNH 125955.nosub[1]

  • 125955 mask
    Photographer: Mr. John M. Kelly : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: front view
  • 125955: Chinese National Heroes as seen
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Chinese National Heroes as seen on stage. Actor's costume. Embroidered cloth representing Kuan-ti or Kwan-ti.
  • 125955: Chinese National Heroes as seen
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Chinese National Heroes as seen on stage. Actor's costume on mannequin embroidered cloth representing Kuan-ti or Kwan-ti
  • 125955: Chinese National Heroes as seen
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Chinese National Heroes as seen on stage. Actor's costume. Embroidered cloth representing Kuan-ti or Kwan-ti. back view.
  • 125955: Chinese National Heroes as seen
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Chinese National Heroes as seen on stage. Actor's costume. Embroidered cloth representing Kuan-ti or Kwan-ti.
  • 125955: Chinese National Heroes as seen
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Chinese National Heroes as seen on stage. Actor's costume. Embroidered cloth representing Kuan-ti or Kwan-ti.
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    Creator: Scarlett Andes : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology
    Transcriber: Scarlett Andes : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. [ written in blue] Ind | Country China. [ written in red ] 54B-5/03 | Locality Peking. | People Chinese. | Name Actor's costume representing Kuan - ti ( play Ku cheng hui [Chinese], canonized as god of war. (For further information see following card) Costume fashioned in the style of armor scales embroidin gold in front & back, 4 flags each embroid with dragon making for pearl. Tiger - head in front & one on each shoulder. | Collection Capt. Marshall Field Expedition to China, 1923 | Notes | Width | Length | Height | Price | [LEFT MARGIN] A |125955 | ENT | 550 | Acc. 1462 |
Catalog Number: 125955.nosub[1]
Description: mask
Materials: embroidered cloth
Cultural Attribution: Han Chinese
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: 1355099
GUID: f41ae679-a499-4502-9a5f-5fb323ca3f0d

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