Tobacco Box
name: label: Collector
content: George Kennan
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "IRON BOX WITH LID, ACCURATELY MADE. THE EXTERIOR OF THE BOX HAS BEEN SCORED WITH A FILE AND ON THIS GROUND PLATES AND WIRES OF SILVER HAVE BEEN LAID IN PATTERNS AND FORCED TO ADHERE TO THE SCORINGS BY PRESSURE. THE WORK IS CHARACTERISTICALLY KOREAN AND IS OF EXCEPTIONAL FINENESS. THE DESIGNS ARE DEER, PINE TREE, STORK AND TORTOISE, EMBLEMS OF LONGEVITY. ON THE LID IS A CHARACTER DENOTING 'HAPPINESS.' THE BOX WAS SECURED BY MR. GEORGE KENNAN DURING THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR. EXAMPLES OF THIS WORK ARE NOW RARE. THE SPECIMEN IS BELIEVED TO BE SEVERAL HUNDRED YEARS OLD."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Seoul, South Korea, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Korean
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 012118
label: USNM Number
content: EL4865-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tobacco Box
physicalDescription: label: Unknown - Object
content: 13.34 cm
label: Unknown - Object
content: 8.59 cm
label: Unknown - Object
content: 9.22 cm