Book cover

Museum number:

9-21429

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21090021429

Alternate number:

XIII-2 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.4697

Object count:

1

Description:

Book cover for stitched, Chinese-style volumes. Blue cloth over cardboard. Two loop and bone peg closures. Label for title on upper left front cover. Each panel lined with white paper, the joints with lighter blue material. 15 x 21.5 x 2.4 cm

Donor:

Ilse Martin Fang

Collection place:

Beijing, Beijing municipality, Northern China

Verbatim coll. place:

China. Purchased in Peking by Ilse Fang.

Culture or time period:

Chinese

Collector:

Ilse Martin Fang

Collection date:

1942

Materials:

Bone (material) and Paper (fiber product)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Book covers

Function:

7.1 Writing and Records (including religious texts)

Production date:

First half of 20th century

Accession date:

December 15, 1998

Context of use:

Book cover. First half 20th century.

Department:

Asia (except western Russia)

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