Period:Unknown
Materials:wood
Technique:painted
Dimensions:Height: 12 centimetres (tally a) Height: 10.20 centimetres (tally b) Weight: 49 grammes (tally a) Weight: 32 grammes (tally b) Width: 8.50 centimetres (tally a) Width: 6.90 centimetres (tally b) Depth: 1.50 centimetres (tally a) Depth: 0.90 centimetres (tally b)
Description:
Two tallies (used by soldiers) made of wood; painted red and cream, with character inscriptions in black. Tied together with string.
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![图片[1]-tally BM-As1847-0827.4.a-b-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/43/mid_01382965_001.jpg)
Comments:British and Medieval Extracts inventory mentions only one tally; two present in 1986 (Asia collections index card). “Tally of a Chinese soldier, from Woosong, having on it ‘Camp at Woosung,’ and ‘Main Guard – Soo tih lung, 36 years of age, native of Paou Shan heen.’ Presented by Capt. Sir Everard Home, Bart., R.N.” – Synopsis of the Contents of the British Museum (1855), p. 248.”Label of a cannon. Presented by Hugh Welch Diamond, Esq.” – Synopsis of the Contents of the British Museum (1855), p. 248.
Materials:wood
Technique:painted
Dimensions:Height: 12 centimetres (tally a) Height: 10.20 centimetres (tally b) Weight: 49 grammes (tally a) Weight: 32 grammes (tally b) Width: 8.50 centimetres (tally a) Width: 6.90 centimetres (tally b) Depth: 1.50 centimetres (tally a) Depth: 0.90 centimetres (tally b)
Description:
Two tallies (used by soldiers) made of wood; painted red and cream, with character inscriptions in black. Tied together with string.
IMG
Comments:British and Medieval Extracts inventory mentions only one tally; two present in 1986 (Asia collections index card). “Tally of a Chinese soldier, from Woosong, having on it ‘Camp at Woosung,’ and ‘Main Guard – Soo tih lung, 36 years of age, native of Paou Shan heen.’ Presented by Capt. Sir Everard Home, Bart., R.N.” – Synopsis of the Contents of the British Museum (1855), p. 248.”Label of a cannon. Presented by Hugh Welch Diamond, Esq.” – Synopsis of the Contents of the British Museum (1855), p. 248.
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