Bridge Money, China, n.d.
Bridge Money, China, n.d.
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- Description (Brief)
- One (1) bridge money, Chou Dynasty
- China, n.d.
- Genearl Description: A bronze object meant to resemble a jade musical instrument called a ch'in. This is not a numismatic object but typically a funerary object. General Information: Also called a bronze Ch'in, dingle-dangle; weighed with cardboard attached.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- bridge money
- date made
- n.d.
- place made
- China
- Physical Description
- copper (overall material)
- ID Number
- 2017.0060.1507
- catalog number
- 2017.0060.1507
- accession number
- 2017.0060
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
- East Asian Coins
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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