Wa-Ssu Hunter Worship
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Title
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Wa-Ssu Hunter Worship
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Caption
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A Wa-Ssu hunter at Kuan-Chai worshipping the hunter's god consisting of Chinese characters carved on a flat stone - before going out to hunt.
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Identifier
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DCG_002
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Alternative Identifier
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278-11n
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Description
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Wa-Ssu Hunter worshiping the hunter's god before going out to hunt. There is a flat stone with Chinese characters on it. The published version is cropped.
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Creator
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Graham, David Crockett
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Date Created
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1941
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Location
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Baitukan (Kuan-Chai, Sichuan)
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Original Format
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glass plate
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Source
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Whitman College and Northwest Archives
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Provenance
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Jean Graham Brown and Dorothy Graham Edson, daughers of DCG, and Chris Hoogendyk, grandson of DCG.
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Publisher
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SIUE
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Record Date
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2023-05-07
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Contributor
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Nicholas Fowler; Cory Willmott
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Type
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Still Image
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Published In
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Graham, David Crockett. 1942. How the Baby Pandas were Captured. Natural History 45(1): 21.
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abstract
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"A prayer is being offered to Mei Shan, the god who helps the hunters capture wild animals alive. Mei Shan was, of course, the patron deity of the panda hunt. The god is represented by the flat slab of stone against the wall and an offering of meat and wine is being made to him. The ceremony took place just before the panda hunt started."
