Tycoon's Scarf-Box, Raised Gold Lacquer
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1891
name: label: Donor Name
content: Gen. Horace Capron
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Large scarf box pure gold. "A large scarf-box of pure gold lacquer, from Tykoon's Collection." Quote from Gen. Capron's Collection of Japanese Works of Art."
label: Notes
content: Note: In the Edo Period of Japan, the word Taikun was used as a diplomatic title designating the Shogun of Japan in relations with foreign countries, as an attempt to convey that the shogun was more important than the Japanese Emperor. A modified version of this word appears in English as "tycoon".
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 Jun 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Japanese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 010972
label: USNM Number
content: E95469-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Scarf-Box