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12 paperboard cards wrapped with handmade Chinese ribbon and 3 paper envelopes. The ribbon was made at East Gate Christian Industrial School in Foochow China. Some of the ribbon cards are relatively unused and still wrapped with the original paper…

Three tobacco (?) pipes made from sections of copper or copper alloy and slightly curved with the concave portion being on the side with the pipe stem. A: Long pipe made from eleven sections of brass-colored copper sections which have been soldered…

Black lacquered trunk Top is on hinges and has a front metal lock There are two metal handles on the sides.

A black skull cap made of six triangular panels of black silk with woven pattern. At the bottom is 1.25" band of plain black satin silk. It has a red cotton lining stiffened with a woven bamboo hexagonal weave. There is a 1.25" wide inner hat band of…

Buddha sitting in the lotus position has a flowing robe over the shoulders and arms with an incised floral design. Pants are tied with a bow at the waist and also have an incised border design. The hair is curled with a rounded topknot elongated ear…

This is not a buddha it is probably a bodhistava or deva (angel). In the back is an attachment to secure it to a wall. Bronze cast with gilding. Once had a weighted bottom of which traces still remained.

Dancer has a tall layered conical hat wing-like decorations above the ears and on the sleeve caps. The costume has long narrow sleeves an X-shaped bead decoration on front and back with a diamond where the X meets. Another diamond at the waist band…

Round wooden box with 2 pieces (bottom and lid). Reddish-brown lazquer design of flowers and seated male figures painted with black ink surface varnished.

Tibetan prayer horn used by priests to observe various rituals. Open-mouthed dragon with several fangs long smoke antennae and deer-like antlers. Silver work impressed with fish-scale ornamental motif. Silver bulb below dragon head part of continuous…

Forged metal sword with wooden knob hilt tightly twisted cord around hilt above blade. Cord is blond dark brown and green with knob curves over in front in a "sea-horse" type face. Scabbard is two pieces of wood held together with 3 bands of cord.…