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Donor Name:
Korean Commission, World Columbian Exposition  Search this
Culture:
Not Given  Search this
Object Type:
Bed
Place:
Korea, Asia
Accession Date:
5 Apr 1894
Notes:
FROM CARD: "THEIR IS ONE COMPLETE ONE OF THESE WITH THE PADDING AND BACKED IN SILK WHICH IS DETERIORATING, THE FRONT OF WHICH IS A GREEN BACKGROUND, ELABORATELY EMBROIDERED IN VARIOUS FIGURES. THOUGH THIS CARD APPEARS TO INDICATE ONLY ONE SUCH ITEM, ANOTHER ONE OF EXACTLY THE SAME TYPE AND COLOR BACKGROUND WAS IN THE COLLECTION IN 1946, BUT BECAUSE THE PADDING HAD DETERIORATED COMPLETELY IT WAS DISCARDED AND ONLY THE EMBROIDERED PANEL FROM THE FRONT WAS KEPT. THOUGH NUMBER WAS ON IT, IT APPEARS AS THOUGH IT MAY BE THE SAME AS THIS ONE. RAE JR."
Record Last Modified:
1 Dec 2014
Specimen Count:
2
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
027829
USNM Number:
E168593-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3468dea9d-1610-4bee-b9d3-77b5bf8f76b8
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8348714