Child's Ma-kua
CultureChinese
Date19th century
MediumEmbroidered cotton
DimensionsOverall: 27 × 16 1/4 inches (68.58 × 41.28 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number62-5/6
On View
Not on viewCollections
ProvenanceMabel Ruth Nowlin (1890-1973), China and Kansas City, MO, by 1962 [1];
Purchased from Nowlin by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1962.
NOTES:
[1] Mabel Ruth Nowlin was a Methodist missionary in China from 1915 to 1957, where she taught at the Methodist Mission School in Changli and wrote a series of Chinese-language textbooks. Upon her return to the United States, she lived in Kansas City until 1970.
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