cloth
- Museum number
- As.6696
- Description
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Fine woven cloth made of ramie
- Dimensions
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Length: 101 centimetres
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Width: 35 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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No details in Christy "4 figure" Register. No Slip.
See Christy Additions/Temporary Register, 1868-77,p.135; 29/4/1870, no.13.
Old label attached "Presented by J.A.Man Esq., 29.4.1870. 6696".
Initial computer record created (1/1982) as Continent Unknown in error; deleted from EUN and entered EAS, 11/1992.
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Need some test to figure out whether the textile fibre is ramie or banana fibre.
An attached label writes: ‘Cloth made by the aboriginal natives of Formosa for the Chinese market. Pres. By J. A. Man Esq. 29.4.1870’ (Professor Hu, 2008).
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1870
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- As.6696
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: As1870C0429.13 (CDMS ref. to Christy Additions/Temp.Reg.1868-77)
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CDMS number: Un1870C1.6696 (old CDMS no.)