Circular compass inscribed with Chinese characters

Made:: 1800-1930 in China

Circular wooden compass, inscribed with Chinese characters

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Circular wooden compass, inscribed with Chinese characters, Chinese, 1800-1930

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Category:: Asian Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A24373

Materials:: complete, wood and metal

Measurements:: overall: 17 mm, 71 mm,

type:: compass (direction indicator)

credit:: Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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Circular compass inscribed with Chinese characters

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