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N7933 Amulet, 'The Axis Deer', bronze, China, unknown date
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Object statement
Amulet, 'The Axis Deer', bronze, China, unknown date
History Notes include facts about what has happened to an object since manufacture. This could include who owned it and how it was used (provenance). It may also describe any cultural meanings with which it may have become associated. History notes
Notes on object file:
(1)
"exhibited Melbourne International Exhibition".
(2)
"Part of Hwong Ping Sing coin collection originally presented to the Australian Museum by A.W.G. Rusden" and transferred from the Australian Museum in 1920".

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Description
Amulet, 'The Axis Deer', bronze, China, unknown date. Flat circular coin, pierced with a design of [deer] and foliage, [die-cast]. Obverse and reverse the same. Note on object file reads "'Sat-chang' custom, for exorcising demons during the marriage night."

Made: China

: China


Owned: Hwong Ping Sing; China
The Registration Number of an object is a unique identifying number applied by the museum at the point of acquisition. Current numbering format comprises the year of acquisition, followed by a sequential number. For example, '2007/45' is the Registration Number that represents the 45th acquisition in the year 2007. Registration number
N7933
Height
2 mm
Diameter
63 mm

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Acquisition credit line
Hwong Ping Sing Collection, before 1862 (Transferred from the Australian Museum, 1961)

This object record is currently incomplete. The information available may date back as far as 125 years. Other information may exist in a non-digital form. The Museum continues to update and add new research to collection records.
Subjects
+ International Exhibition, Melbourne, 1880
+ Marriage
+ Chinese culture
+ Metalworking
+ Deer
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