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Or 2232
- Record Id:
- 032-003470329
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003470329
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100091186036.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 2232
- Title:
- 黔省各種苗圖上、下卷 Qian sheng ge zhong miao tu shang xia juan [Two volumes of description of the Miao tribes of China with drawings]
- Scope & Content:
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Two manuscript albums containing 77 different topics of Miao culture in Qian Province (now Guizhou Province in the South of China).
Each opening includes one image on the right-hand side and a description of it on the other side with margins and guidelines.
Each image includes human figures on a landscape with a grey background. The correspondent text has been written by different hands.
There is evidence that a title slip had been pasted on each image and subsequently taken down.
Both colour albums are in concertina format with wooden covers and a title slip pasted onto the left-hand side of the front cover.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Chinese Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003470329", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 2232: 黔省各種苗圖上、下卷 Qian sheng ge zhong miao tu shang xia juan [Two volumes of description of the Miao tribes of China with…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003470329
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003470329
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
-
2 volumes
First volume (41 folios)
Second volume (38 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Chinese
- Scripts:
- Chinese
Han (Traditional) - Start Date:
- 1880
- End Date:
- 1880
- Date Range:
- before 1880
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- China
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Ink and colour on paper, wood
Format: Two concertina albums with wooden covers in a wooden box
Dimensions: 240 x 336 mm
Foliations: 41 and 38 folios
Binding: Concertina. Silk title slips have been pasted onto the front wooden cover of each volume.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Acquired by the British Museum in 1880.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)