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Object Name
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Flag
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七星旗
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Basket Maker
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Chinese Government
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Date Collected
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1884
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Temporal Coverage
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Qing (Ch'ing) Dynasty (清)
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Description
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One flag with stars representing seven stars of the Great Bear, which represent the "plough." Proper relative positions are not preserved. Triangle shaped flag with scalloped edges. White bands along edges. Black ground with seven white circles connected by lines. White cotton band along short edge with loop of red cotton string at one end and length of red cotton string at other end.
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Classification
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textile
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Provenance
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Canton, Kwangtung (Guangdong) Province, China
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Measurements
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160 cm length
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102 cm width
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Museum Object Numbers
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UMMAA 11765
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C54
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Rights Holder
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University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
UMMAA 11765