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Seeds - Artifacts

Description
Cardboard box with lid containing red and black beans Rectangular shaped box bottom is covered with beige paper. On the bottom are Chinese characters in blue ink which have been partially crossed out. Rectangular lid has two notches cut into bottom sides and fits over bottom covering the sides. The top has wine colored textured finish with embossed logos consisting of a star inside a lozenge shape surrounded by the words "Eberhard Faber, New York". On one end is yellow label with black printing "Pure Rubber bands". The other end has white paper label with three Chinese characters written in black ink. The box is one third full of egg-shaped seeds which are bright red with a black tip. The seeds are Hsiang Ai Tzu or Love seeds - the seeds of the Abrus Precatorius.
Object ID
1997.055.168