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Title: Chuckmuck (length 2 3/8 ins); small, elegant, and kidney-sha [Go to resource]
Description: Chuckmuck (length 2 3/8 ins); small, elegant, and kidney-shaped; on the flap are two fishes (the Chinese emblem of Felicity and Fertility) and either a helicoid molluscan shell or the yin and yang emblem, representing the positive and negative (or male and female) elements in the Universe, all in silver, excellently engraved; at top, a suspension-ring, also in silver; a cord of orange silk attached to ring; bought from a Mongol Llama, in Kalgal, Mongolia. China. License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ Source: Science Museum Identifier: 1937-682/963 Go to resource More Like this...
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