food product;
animal remains
- Museum number
- As1843,1209.17
- Description
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Shark fin (used for making soup).
- Dimensions
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Height: 11 centimetres
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Weight: 24 grammes
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Width: 10.50 centimetres
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Depth: 2.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- "Shark fin, employed to make soup. Presented by Tradescant Lay, Esq." - Synopsis of the Contents of the British Museum (1855), p. 248.
- Location
- On display (G30/dc33)
- Exhibition history
-
2023 18 May – 8 Oct, London, BM, G30, China’s hidden century
- Acquisition date
- 1843
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- As1843,1209.17
