Tea Brick, China, 19th Century

Object Details

Description (Brief)

One (1) brick of tea

China, 19th Century

Obverse Image: N/A

Obverse Text: ВОΓАУИКО / ВЬІСОКІЍЦЕИЛОНСКІИ / NO. 45

Reverse Image: Half of a star.

Reverse Text: ҨӃ / ВЬІСОК / ЦЕЍЛОНС

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Benjamin Stack, Harvey G. Stack, and Norman Stack

19th century

ID Number

NU.77.38.102

accession number

1977.1211

catalog number

77.38.102

Object Name

alternative currency

Physical Description

leaf, tea (overall material)

brown (overall color)

compressed in the brick form (overall production method/technique)

Measurements

overall: 5.6 cm x 9.3 cm x 1.9 cm; 2 7/32 in x 3 21/32 in x 3/4 in

place made

China

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Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection

East Asian Coins

National Museum of American History

Record ID

nmah_1068779

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-9926-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa