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Object Name
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Flag
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蟾蜍食月旗
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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 triangle shaped flag. Picture represents eclipse, which Chinese say is brought about by toads or a dragon trying to devour the sun or moon. Yellow (or badly faded white) ground. Blue dragon with white horns. Sun or moon in red. White cotton band along short edge with loop of yellowed cotton string at one end and length of yellowed cotton string at other.
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Classification
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textile
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Materials
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silk
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cotton
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Provenance
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Canton, Kwangtung (Guangdong) Province, China
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Measurements
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149 cm length
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92 cm width
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Museum Object Numbers
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UMMAA 11708
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C53
UMMAA 11708