Puzzle

20431

From: China | Canton

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 20431
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chinese
Provenience China | Canton
Date Made 19th Century - 1898
Section Asian
Materials Cord | Ivory
Technique Carved
Iconography Foliage
Description

Puzzle made of carved ivory rod with four ivory disk beads and string. Rod has holes at ends and center and is carved with branches over a ribbed background. String is threaded through the holes and the beads are threaded on the string. Puzzle is to re-arrange the position of the beads on the string.

Credit Line Gift of Mary Ansley, 1898

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