COLLECTION OF (27) CHINESE AMULETS & CASH - From the
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COLLECTION OF (27) CHINESE AMULETS & CASH - From the Collection of Dr. Hendon M. Harris, Jr. (1916-1981), a third generation missionary born in China. Includes (9) Silver Plated Amulets of Chieng-Mai, Northern Thaland; (10) unidentified Cash; Amulet from Tyal Tribe in mountains of Chinese Formosa; an Animal Amulet; (2) Amulets patterned after Spade-Money; (2) Wedding Amulets & (2) Modern Amulets. All but the first are bronze, roughly 3/4" to 2 1/4" diam. Laced on card with notations by Harris, who published "The Asiatic Fathers of America" in 1973, claiming maps he had in his collection from the Shan Hai Jing of 2200 BC proved the Chinese reached the Americas at that time.
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COLLECTION OF (27) CHINESE AMULETS & CASH - From the
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