MS 7414 Alice Tracy Thayer collection of Chinese banknotes, joss paper, and prints
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 7414

USNM Accession 89606
name: label: Collector
content: Thayer, Alice Tracy, 1869-1959
place: label: Place
content: China
label: Place
content: East Asia
creator: label: Collector
content: Thayer, Alice Tracy, 1869-1959
culture: label: Culture
content: Chinese
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content: MS 7414 Alice Tracy Thayer collection of Chinese banknotes, joss paper, and prints
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 15 Items
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1882-1886
label: Date
content: undated
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The items in this collection were donated to the United States National Museum as part of a larger collection of archaeological and ethnological objects, fossils, plants, shells, and coins from China, Japan, Korea, Africa, India, Turkey, and Armenia by Alice Tracy Thayer on December 11, 1925 (USNM Accession 89606). The items may have been collected by Thayer and her family while living abroad in the late nineteenth century. This collection was transferred from the object collections of the Department of Anthropology to the National Anthropological Archives between July 1986 and November 1994.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS7414
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Works of art
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Paper money
label: Type
content: Calendars
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The items in this collection were originally cataloged individually by the NAA under numbers MS 7414, MS 7415, MS 7593-a, MS 7594, and MS 7600.  English translations and other data were furnished by Chang-su Houchins, Emily Hoover (summer volunteer), and Huey-ing Jeng (Museum intern).

In 2023, the collection was reprocessed and all items were incorporated into a single collection under MS 7414.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
label: Genre/Form
content: Prints
label: Genre/Form
content: Paper money
label: Genre/Form
content: Calendars
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of a Chinese banknote, joss paper money and clothing, a calendar, and a print, all dating from the late nineteenth century.  

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: Objects from the Thayer collection are held in the Department of Anthropology object collections, and by the Department of Vertebrate Zoology and the National Museum of American History.