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You might want to contact Alexandra Green at the BM. She is an old friend of mine and is a curator in East Asian art. Could have some ideas for you. (See, I CAN be serious when I want to....) E > On 18 November 2014 at 11:50 Kim Biddulph <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Hi Rachel, > > When I was researching the Shang to write some teacher's info on it, I didn't > find many museums with Shang artefacts in their collections in Britain, so > there may not be very much call for replica objects for handling collections. > > I don't think intact calendars have been found from this date (although I am > happy to stand corrected) but dates are certainly inscribed on oracle bones > (ox shoulderblades or tortoiseshells) and a calendar has been reconstructed > based on these. Carved jade plaques, and cast bronze and white pottery vessels > seem to be on sale on the usual websites, but they seem to be the real things, > possibly looted from graves unfortunately. > > How about making a handling box of materials such as bone, tortoiseshell, > bronze and jade, and put in some sheets with Chinese characters on including > some specific formulae from the oracle bones? > > Hope that's helpful in some way, > > > Kim Biddulph > Director, Schools Prehistory > www.schoolsprehistory.co.uk > > > --------------------------------------------- > From: "Bailey, Rachel" <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: Tuesday, 18 November 2014, 10:32 > Subject: Shang Dynasty artefacts and costumes > > Hello Gem people > We are starting to get requests for Shang Dynasty loan boxes. Does anybody > know where we might find affordable replica costumes?!! > Is anybody out there making replica objects – calendars, tools, accessories? > Ideas and suggestions most welcome. > Thanks > Rachel > > > > Rachel Bailey > Artefact Librarian > > Islington Education Library Service > 2ND Floor > Central Library > 2 Fieldway Crescent > London > N5 1PF > > Tel 020 7527 5524 > > Be our friend on Facebook for book recommendations and lots of ideas about > using resources. > Look at our websites www.iels.org <http://www.iels.org/> and > www.objectlessons.org <http://www.objectlessons.org/> for more information. > > This e-mail is intended for the addressee only. If you have received it in > error, please contact the sender and delete the material from your computer. > Please be aware that information in this email may be confidential, legally > privileged and/or copyright protected. > + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + GEM list: Contact the list owner for > assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, > leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=GEM + + + + + + + + + + + + + + > + + + + + + > > > > + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + GEM list: Contact the list owner for > assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, > leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=GEM + + + + + + + + + + + + + + > + + + + + + > + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + GEM list: Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=GEM + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +