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Description: | Press moulded, hollow silver amulet depicting the God of Longevity, Shou Xing, with an egg-shaped head and holding a ruyi sceptre in his right hand. A roe deer is standing in front of him. The amulet would have been sewn onto the front of a boy's hat and worn on a birthday or festival.
caption: Frontal view of object no. nn3609.
caption: Frontal view of object no.nn3609. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | Hats Figures protective charms Children's costume Charms silver Birthdays Festivals amulets Health and Healing | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-107492 | Go to resource |
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