Calling Card Case
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Aug 1989
label: Collection Date
content: 1950
name: label: Collector
content: August Mencken
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of American History
notes: label: Notes
content: Flat, rectangular shaped ivory calling card case with fitted lid. Front decorated with relief carving of dragon and cloud design. Back decorated with hollow relief carving of a scene of three Confucian sages standing in a garden. A vase shaped line encloses the scene against a plain background. The black also has an inscription in black: "A.G.M." (possibly original owner or collector's initials).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: China, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Chinese
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 274913
label: USNM Number
content: E425003-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Card Case
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 11.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 7.7 cm