MS 7420 Partially woven painting of a bird and vine with orange and red fruit
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 7420
place: label: Place
content: China
label: Place
content: East Asia
culture: label: Culture
content: Chinese
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Paintings (visual works) (watercolor, 18 x 12 inches)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
container: label: Container
content: Box 7416 / 7420, Folder 2
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The provenance of the painting is unknown.  It was found in the Department of Anthropology object collections and transferred to the National Anthropological Archives by Chnag-su Houchins in August 1986.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS7420
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Graphic Materials
label: Type
content: Paintings (visual works)
label: Type
content: Works of art
label: Type
content: Watercolors
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
label: Genre/Form
content: Watercolors
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of a partially woven paper painting glued to a piece of cardboard. The painting depicts a bird and two orange and red fruits on a vine.  Part of the painting is whole but has been marked to be cut into vertical strips. Some strips are cut but not yet woven, and other cut strips have been woven together with plain horizontal strips of paper. The painting is possibly a demonstration of the process of making a woven painting.

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