Box

22372M

From: Japan

Curatorial Section: Asian

Object Number 22372M
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Japanese
Provenience Japan
Date Made 18th Century - 19th Century
Section Asian
Materials Wood
Description

Small wooden box for a set of twelve tiny metal seals representing the 12 zodiac signs, however the seal for rat 子 is missing one is larger than the others. The box contains a small string that used to hold them together and a label.

Credit Line Gift of Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, 1902

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