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Description: | Hung above the door or on the ridgepole inside the dwelling as a charm to ward off evil spirits.
A wooden Daoist charm disc, bagua or Eight trigram, mounted with a Chinese character 'shan', kindness, written in black ink on red paper covered with glass on the centre, encircled by eight trigram carved in low relief. Both the inner ring and outer rim are painted in red and the eight trigram is painted in black against a green background. An iron loop attached on the top of the back for hanging.
caption: Rear view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 33.164
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caption: Frontal view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 33.164 | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | protective charms wood metal Charms cane glass paint Daoism iron Health and Healing | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-71819 | Go to resource |
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