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This is a bowing Korean doll wearing a formal orange hanbok with a headpiece and hair accessories. Her face is pale and made up with blush, eyeliner and lipstick. Two distinguishing features of this doll are the red dot on her forehead and the beauty…

A lacquer box and lid, decorated with a tree in gold. A kisen (Japanese pipe for smoking tobacco.) Two brass pieces, one in the shape of a lotus leaf.

A disc-shaped object with a compass in the center, used in feng shui calculations. The eight trigrams circle the center; the surface of the disc is covered with minute lines and inscriptions in red and black.

Basket, Buddhist rosary of brown wood and white and blue beads, and a pouch made of red silk with an elaborate embroidered pattern. The embroidery is typical of China.

Letter from William Patillo Turner to Warren Adkin Candler. It alerts Candler that the objects he requested Turner send from Japan are on their way, and discusses the money involved.

Letter from William Patillo Turner to Warren Akin Candler. It alerts Candler that the objects he requested Turner send from Japan are on their way, and discusses the money involved. On this, the reverse side, Candler notes his instructions for…

A stone box with a lid, probably made of soapstone. The image of clouds, banana leaves, and a woman (possibly an apsara or celestial maiden) scattering flowers from a basket is carved in low relief on the lid. The sides of the box have an incised…

First page of invoice with a list of objects William Patillo Turner sent to Warren Akin Candler. List includes prices.

Second page of invoice with a list of objects William Patillo Turner sent to Warren Akin Candler. List includes prices.

Small brass container, nearly spherical, with a pointed lid. Overall the shape resembles a water droplet. Vessels of this kind, called mizutama, are frequently used to hold water offerings at home altars.