Model of a Chinese Junk
date: label: date made
content: ca early 20th century
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: Made of silver, this decorative model of a three-masted Chinese war junk with square sails, square bow and raised square stern is decorated with three round masks on each side. The deck is fitted with seven cannon, a scored rectangular cabin, three crew figures, and an anchor. Four pennants are at the stern, and a pennant flies from each mast. The model is mounted on a carved and scrolled ebony stand and enclosed in a glass top case.
label: Description
content: V.I.G. Petersen, who acquired this model, served as an agent for the Insurance Company of North America (INA) in China during the WW2 Japanese invasion. For an account of his successful preservation of INA records and escape from the advancing Japanese troops, see William Carr, <i>Perils Named and Unnamed</i>, 1967, p. 183-200.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Maritime
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content: Work and Industry: Maritime
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content: Transportation
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of CIGNA Museum and Art Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2005.0279.088
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0279.088
label: accession number
content: 2005.0279
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ship model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: german silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ebony (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 in x 8 in x 3 in; 17.78 cm x 20.32 cm x 7.62 cm