Box

Museum number:
9-16553
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090016553
Alternate number:
3 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3362
Object count:
1
Description:
Box; lid covered with multicolored silk thread embroidery on silk, padded. The rest of box covered with silk cloth. Embroidery depicts dragons, blossoms, clouds, waves and mountains. Interior lined with silk. h. 6.25 x w. 22.0 x l. 25.5 cm.
Donor:
Edward J. Mahoney Jr. and Mrs. E. J. Mahoney Jr.
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China, unspecified
Collector:
Edward J. Mahoney Jr.
Collection date:
Dec. 1977
Materials:
Silk and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers), Dragons, and Embroidery (visual works)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Context of use:
Box to hold small objects.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 6.25 centimeters, length 25.5 centimeters, and width 22 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Box, accession number 9-16553, described as Box; lid covered with multicolored silk thread embroidery on silk, padded. The rest of box covered with silk cloth. Embroidery depicts dragons, blossoms, clouds, waves and mountains. Interior lined with silk. h. 6.25 x w. 22.0 x l. 25.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Box, accession number 9-16553, described as Box; lid covered with multicolored silk thread embroidery on silk, padded. The rest of box covered with silk cloth. Embroidery depicts dragons, blossoms, clouds, waves and mountains. Interior lined with silk. h. 6.25 x w. 22.0 x l. 25.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 9-16553, described as Box; lid covered with multicolored silk thread embroidery on silk, padded. The rest of box covered with silk cloth. Embroidery depicts dragons, blossoms, clouds, waves and mountains. Interior lined with silk. h. 6.25 x w. 22.0 x l. 25.5 cm.

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