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Identifier: scienceguide7692amer (find matches)
Title: Guide leaflet
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: American Museum of Natural History Natural history
Publisher: New York : The Museum
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: IMLS / LSTA / METRO

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Above:—Among the outlandish animals originatingin Chinese mythology, oneof the strangest is theBaku, the creature thatfeeds upon the bad dreamsof mortals. This Baku iscarved from ivory by aJapanese artist Right. The miniature figure otHo Hsien-ku (only three incheshigh) IS carved from ivory anddark wood. She is supposed tohave lived in the Seventh Cen-tury, and, having attained im-mortality, became a fairy. In herhand she carries a tly whisk
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Above:—This Httiemasterpiece in ivorypictures a realisticgroup of the twelvecreatures (the back ofthe group is shownon the opposite page)that represent theTwelve TerrestrialBranches, the Chi-nese zodiac. As seenthey are the dragon,the rat, the cock, themonkey, the ox, theserpent, the goat, andthe dog The carving of a^puzzle ball, such asthis one, is a feat ofivory carving per-formed only by Chi-nese artists. Carvedfrom a single piece ofivory, this ball in-closes eight others,each smaller than andseparated from thenext outer one 8 NATURAL HISTORY lifetime of this famous connoisseur, thecharminj^ taste and sense of color that havealways characterized his displayed collectionthus beinjz; retained. Particularly is this the case with the seriesillustrating the various colors of jade ofrelatively modern date, which includesamonp; others the rare lavender tint \eryniucli prized amono; collectors. The magnificent suite of Burmese amber,wliich also speaks eloquently of DoctorDrummonds taste

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no.76-92
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  • bookid:scienceguide7692amer
  • bookyear:1901
  • bookdecade:1900
  • bookcentury:1900
  • bookauthor:American_Museum_of_Natural_History
  • booksubject:American_Museum_of_Natural_History
  • booksubject:Natural_history
  • bookpublisher:New_York___The_Museum
  • bookcontributor:American_Museum_of_Natural_History_Library
  • booksponsor:IMLS___LSTA___METRO
  • bookleafnumber:312
  • bookcollection:americanmuseumnaturalhistory
  • bookcollection:biodiversity
  • bookcollection:americana
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  • BHL Consortium
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28 July 2014

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