Fuzhou (Foochow), Fujian Province (Fukien), China, Asia
Accession Date:
10 Jul 1902
Notes:
THERE ARE TWO OBJECTS WITH THIS NUMBER. BOTH ARE WOODEN FIGURES OF BUDDHIST PRIESTS. ONE IS SIX AND ONE HALF INCHES LONG, THE OTHER IS 40 INCHES LONG. ACCORDING TO THE LEDGER AND THE CATALOG CARD, THIS OBJECT IS SUPPOSED TO BE SIX AND ONE HALF INCHES LONG. HOWEVER THE REMARKS SECTION OF THE CATALOG CARD REFERENCES USNM BULLETIN 148, PLATE 52 RIGHT, P. 204. THE OBJECT PICTURED IS THE 40 INCH TALL FIGURE. THERE ARE ONLY FOUR OBJECTS IN THIS ACCESSION, GIVEN BY GENERAL G.W. BAILEY. ALL ARE DESCRIBED AS BEING BETWEEN 6 AND 12 INCHES LONG. THE 40 INCH FIGURE PROBABLY WAS MISNUMBERED AT SOME POINT, BUT SINCE IT WAS PUBLISHED IN THE USNM BULLETIN WITH THIS NUMBER IN THE 1920'S, AND SINCE WE HAVE NO EVIDENCE OF THE CORRECT NUMBER, WE HAVE DECIDED TO LEAVE IT AS IS WITH THIS EXPLANATION.
