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A faint version of the reverse image has been overprinted, presumably a printer malfunction.\n Reverse side is printed in blue ink with a rectangular border that has the words 'HELL BANK NOTE' embedded in it. Within this border is the image of a Chinese temple and the value of the currency along with the words 'currency for the underworld'.", "primary": true }, { "attribution": { "attributor": "Maycock, Lucy" }, "type": "description", "value": "Paper 'hell bank note' with a value of 50000000. \nObverse side of the note is printed in red and green with Chinese characters, the serial number T52147, and the image of a man in traditional dress in the centre . A faint version of the reverse image has been overprinted, presumably a printer malfunction.\n Reverse side is printed in blue ink with a rectangular border that has the words 'HELL BANK NOTE' embedded in it. Within this border is the image of a Chinese temple and the value of the currency along with the words 'currency for the underworld'." }, { "type": "use", "value": "Burned in religious ceremonies as an offering to the dead." } ], "language": [ "eng" ], "collection": "Anthropology", "type": { "sub_type": [ "general" ], "scope": "PART", "base": "object" }, "lifecycle": { "creation": [ { "places": [ { "@link": { "source": "catalogue", "type": "literal" }, "summary_title": "China, East Asia, Asia", "name": [ { "value": "China, East Asia, Asia" } ] }, { "@link": { "type": "reference" }, "summary_title": "China", "admin": { "uid": "hmc-place-162", "id": "place-162", "uuid": "431d00e5-de31-373e-8e45-f3d2bfdb51ed" } } ] } ] }, "condition": [ { "date": { "earliest": 2020, "value": "2020-01-03", "latest": 2020 }, "examiner": "Holloway, Adrian; Chorlton, Lily", "value": "2: fair" } ], "materials": [ { "type": "catalogue materials", "value": "paper; pigment", "primary": true } ], "terms": [ { "@link": { "role": [ { "value": "object name" } ], "type": "reference" }, "summary_title": "banknotes", "admin": { "uid": "hmc-term-502474", "id": "term-502474", "uuid": "cec3c676-026f-3893-8a57-7b003e3cab27" } }, { "@link": { "role": [ { "value": "classified as" } ], "type": "reference" }, "summary_title": "shell", "admin": { "uid": "hmc-term-1016308", "id": "term-1016308", "uuid": "d70dcb44-62ad-3e14-b299-ecce51efdadb" } } ], "summary_title": "banknote", "legal": { "status": "handling collection" }, "name": [ { "type": "catalogue name", "value": "banknote", "primary": true }, { "@reference": { "@link": { "role": [ { "value": "object name" } ], "type": "reference", "variation": 109608 }, "summary_title": "banknotes", "admin": { "uid": "hmc-term-502474", "id": "term-502474", "uuid": "cec3c676-026f-3893-8a57-7b003e3cab27" } }, "type": "object name" } ], "options": { "item_count": "1", "option5": "Money and trading; Belief", "use": "Used in contemporary Chinese religious worship, \u2018spirit money\u2019 is presented as an offering to the gods to keep them happy and to encourage them to grant good luck to the living. The money is transmitted to the Underworld by burning it. Spirit money, as well as food and clothing, are also given as offerings to the dead by his or her family (through the same burning process). It is believed that these items are used by the dead on their journey through the Underworld. The dead have to pass through a series of hells (or law courts) before they are allowed to reach \u201cheaven\u201d and spirit money is also used to bribe the guardians of these hells.", "flag4": "N", "option6": "The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of China. Brian Hook (editor), 1991. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.\n\nChinese Gods. Keith Stevens, 1997. London: Collins and Brown Limited.\n\nHeaven and Hell and Other Worlds of the Dead. Compiled and edited by Alison Sheridan, 1990. Edinburgh: NMS Publishing Limited.", "flag3": "N", "flag2": "N", "flag1": "N" }, "appraisal": [ { "source": "catalogue", "@entity": "lifecycle" } ], "locations": [ { "type": "home location", "value": "HMG - Forest Hill; Horniman Museum; Hands on Base; Display; Case 20; Shelf e" } ], "categories": [ { "type": "category1", "value": "Education Handling Collection: Anthropology" } ], "facilities": [ { "@link": { "date": { "earliest": 2024, "value": "2024-01-04", "latest": 2024 }, "level5": "Shelf e", "level4": "Case 20", "current": "Y", "last": { "level5": "Shelf e", "level4": "Case 20", "location": "HMG - Forest Hill", "level1": "Horniman Museum", "level3": "Display", "level2": "Hands on Base" }, "purpose": "annual audit", "location": "HMG - Forest Hill", "level1": "Horniman Museum", "type": "reference", "level3": "Display", "level2": "Hands on Base" }, "summary_title": "Shelf e", "admin": { "uid": "hmc-facility-10289", "id": "facility-10289", "uuid": "44547ad8-0778-326d-8faf-79c4ce385376" }, "primary": true }, { "@link": { "date": { "earliest": 2017, "value": "2017-05-19", "latest": 2017 }, "level5": "Shelf c", "level4": "Case 2", "current": "N", "role": [ { "value": "historical" } ], "purpose": "regular storage", "moved": { "by": "Maycock, Lucy" }, "location": "HMG - Forest Hill", "level1": "Horniman Museum", "type": "reference", "level3": "Display", "level2": "Hands on Base" }, "summary_title": "Shelf c", "admin": { "uid": "hmc-facility-10279", "id": "facility-10279", "uuid": "c1d5da35-f62d-3de1-bf35-3aa73d527c1c" } }, { "@link": { "date": { "earliest": 2018, "value": "2018-02-09", "latest": 2018 }, "level4": "Discovery Table", "current": "N", "role": [ { "value": "historical" } ], "last": { "level5": "Shelf c", "level4": "Case 2", "location": "HMG - Forest Hill", "level1": "Horniman Museum", "level3": "Display", "level2": "Hands on Base" }, "purpose": "Exhibition", "moved": { "by": "Webber, May" }, "location": "HMG - Forest Hill", "level1": "Horniman Museum", "type": "reference", "level3": "Display", "level2": "Hands on Base" }, "summary_title": "Discovery Table", "admin": { "uid": "hmc-facility-10430", "id": "facility-10430", "uuid": "1f2cd808-9609-364a-8deb-b409947cb6f7" } }, { "@link": { "date": { "earliest": 2019, "value": "2019-09-04", "latest": 2019 }, "level5": "Shelf e", "level4": "Case 20", "role": [ { "value": "historical" } ], "last": { "level4": "Discovery Table", "location": "HMG - Forest Hill", "level1": "Horniman Museum", "level3": "Display", "level2": "Hands on Base" }, "purpose": "Regular storage", "moved": { "by": "Beckton, Christine" }, "type": "reference", "current": "N", "location": "HMG - Forest Hill", "level1": "Horniman Museum", "level3": "Display", "level2": "Hands on Base" }, "summary_title": "Shelf e", "admin": { "uid": "hmc-facility-10289", "id": "facility-10289", "uuid": "44547ad8-0778-326d-8faf-79c4ce385376" } } ], "measurements": { "count": "1", "dimensions": [ { "type": "catalogue dimensions", "value": "overall: 60 x 120 mm", "primary": true } ] } }