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Horse Carving in Box - Artifacts

Image Horse Carving in Box
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Description
Miniature horse carved from flat piece of wood. Painted black with red and gold on inner ears. Red and gold circular design on fore head blue muzzle with red nostrils and red and gold grooved mouth. Painted white eyes in side of head. Blue silk cords with metal fasteners and gold colored bells tied with red cord on either side of mouth. A white paper fringe is glued to front and sides and has a turquoise pine design and red circle designs. Painted blue hoofs, carved saddle is painted red. A light yellow cotton strip is tied around the middle of the horse with the ends protruding from the seat of the saddle. A wooden stick with a gold foil paper banner is stuck into the seat by the saddle seat. A tuft of reddish brown straw is fastened to the head and a longer tuft is fastened to the back as a tail . B & C: Unfinished wooden box with lid. H: .875", W: 2", D: 3". Black ink Kanji stamped on top of lid and side of box. Remains of paper label stuck to top of box. Inside is separate white paper with black kanji explanation -
Object ID
1996.010.208