Object Number | 48-23-9 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Chinese |
Provenience | China |
Date Made | ca. 1900 |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Cotton |
Technique | Printed |
Description | White cotton printed in red. Said to have been carried by the Boxers for protection against foreign bullets in the Boxer Rebellion. The inscriptions, though very vague and full of mystical allusion like most charms, seem to bear this out. |
Height | 19.2 cm |
Width | 18 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Geraldine Skinner, 1948 |
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