Two volumes of Chinese stories
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 364,394
place: label: Place
content: China
label: Place
content: East Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Tea
label: Topic
content: Fairies
label: Topic
content: Folklore
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Volumes (accordion-fold books with wooden boards and hand-colored illustrations, 5.25 x 7.5 inches; 6.25 x 8.5 inches)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
container: label: Container
content: Box 364394, Item 1-2
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Vorda Honnold donated the books and other objects to the Department of Anthropology in 1989 (Accession 364394).  The books were transferred from the object collections of the Department of Anthropology to the National Anthropological Archives in 1989.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS364394
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Graphic Materials
label: Type
content: Volumes
label: Type
content: Books
label: Type
content: Works of art
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Books
label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of (2) two undated volumes of Chinese stories with English translations. The volumes have beveled wooden covers with the Chinese character for happiness carved and painted green on the front covers. 

The volume entitled "The Story of Tea" measures 5.25 x 7.5 inches and contains 12 color illustrations depicting the process of harvesting, drying, and packaging tea.

The volume entitled "P'ang Tao (Flat Peaches) Eight Fairies Festival" measures 6.25 x 8.5 inches and contains 10 accounts of fairies occuring in Chinese folklore, with a color illustration of each fairy.

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Related objects are held by the Department of Anthropology in Accession 364394.