Box, Trinket
- Object Name:
- Box, Trinket
- Object ID:
- 1934.013.01
- Place of Origin:
- China
- Description:
- Trinket box. Lacquered rectangular Chinese wooden box containing desiccated bird leg, flat wooden blade, and two pieces of paper. Removable domed cover. Chinese scenes on box, including man on horse. Box is probably papier mache. One paper, torn in a triangle shape, is blank, other has Chinese writing on one side in black and red ink.
- Material:
- Wood
Bone
Paper - Dimensions:
- H-2.1 W-2.4 L-10.6 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Margaret H. Jewell
- People:
- Jewell, Margaret H. (1866-1970)
- Subjects:
- Animal locomotion, Corpses, Horses, Horseback riding
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