Divination Tool

29-96-456

From: Canton

Curatorial Section: Asian

Object Number 29-96-456
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chinese
Provenience Canton
Section Asian
Materials Tortoise Shell | Metal | Silk
Description

With a silk cord and metal coins attached. Used by an old sorcerer for divination or fortune-telling. Tag with object said, "Temple of Horrors."

Length 7 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904

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