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figure

human history
  • Other Name

    Chinese cash figure

  • Description

    figure made from Chinese coins bound together by string, painted wooden head, hands and feet attached with paper or leather cut-work decoration at head, shoulders, waist, wrists and ankles, all decorations painted gold, loop at top of head, possibly for hanging

  • Place
  • Accession Date
    1974
  • Other Id

    B63 (Dunningham)

  • Department
figure, B63, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 25 Aug… … Read more

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