Design relating to a long good life
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA INV 10000076

USNM Catalog 329762
name: label: Collection Collector
content: Thayer, Alice Tracy, 1869-1959
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content: MS 7414 Alice Tracy Thayer collection of Chinese banknotes, joss paper, and prints
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Print (purple ink on yellow paper, 14 x 23 inches)
container: label: Container
content: Folder 7414
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
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content: Archival materials
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content: Graphic Materials
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content: Prints
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content: In the center of the print is the round mystic symbol for shou, which means long life. In each of the four corners is a bat, a symbol of longevity, prosperity, and happiness. In the borders are plum blossoms and bamboo leaves, both of which represent longevity, strength, and endurance. A fifth bat appears in the border. The five bats represent the Five Blessings--age, health, wealth, virtue, and a natural death.