Carved seed - Kuan-ti - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 75957 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 42.00 BURSERACEAE Canarium pimela | Entry Book Number | 23.1999.3 | |
| Artefact Name | Carved seed - Kuan-ti | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | China | TDWG Region | China | ||
| Parts Held | Carved seed - Kuan-ti | Geography Description | Beijing, Asia-Temperate, China | ||
| Uses | Carved seed - Kuan-tiUse: MATERIALS - Wood User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Wood | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Himmeler Roland, Himmeler Guat Cheng | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 00/00/1999 | Donor Notes | |||
| Collector | Collector No | CHN063A2 9704/07-22 OD_04A | |||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | 00/00/1998 | |||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Carved seed purchased from carver in Beijing, 1998, by Roland and Guat Cheng Himmeler. Kuan-ti is an historical figure from the period of the three kingdoms (after the Chin dynasty). In Hong Kong his image symbolizes protection from evil. | ||||