Boxer's Charm Cloth

48-23-3

From: China

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 48-23-3
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chinese
Provenience China
Date Made ca. 1900
Section Asian
Materials Cotton
Description

White cotton printed in red. Said to have been carried by the Boxers for protection against foreign bullets in the Boxer Rebellion. The inscriptions, though very vague and full of mystical allusion like most charms, seem to bear this out.

Length 33.5 cm
Width 31.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Geraldine Skinner, 1948

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