Dai Mao / 玳瑁 (Hawksbill Turtle Shell)
Item
Title
Dai Mao / 玳瑁 (Hawksbill Turtle Shell)
Doc Hay's Shorthand
Wen Jia / 文甲
Latin name
Eretmochelydis Carapax
Herb Category
Nature of Herb
Translator's annotation
Doc Hay's shorthand Wen Jia / 文甲 might mean Wen Jia / 纹甲 (patterned shell), which is probably Dai Mao / 玳瑁.
Bibliographic Citation
“Wen” found in Schuessler, A., (2007). ABC etymological dictionary of old chinese. Honololu: University of Hawai’i Press. p. 514.
Bensky, D., Clavey, S. & Stöger, E. (2004). Chinese herbal medicine: Materia medica (3rd ed.). Seattle: Eastland Press.
Item Type (DCMI Type vocabulary URI)
PhysicalObject
Format of the digital image
image/jpeg
Rights
In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
Rights Holder
Photograph courtesy of Kam Wah Chung State Heritage Site
Owner of the Collection
State of Oregon
Source (the collection in which this object is found)
Kam Wah Chung Collection
KWC location ID
KWC2007.1.3809
KWC2007.1.347
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