DepartmentAsia
Feng Shui Cosmological Diagram and Geomantic Compass
NameCompass
CultureSan Chay (Yao)
Dateearly 20th century
Place madeNortheastern Vietnam, Asia
MediumPainting: paper and ink; Compass: mixed media
Dimensions4 5/16 × 4 5/16 × 3/8 in. (11 × 11 × 1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Mark Rapoport, MD and Jane C. Hughes, A.2015.71.4
Object numberA.2015.71.4
DescriptionCompass made of small disc of wood. Painted brown with red and light brown characters painted in concentric circles. Small window in the center with magnitized needle in it. The window is covered with a tiny pane of glass.
early 20th century
Mid-to-late 20th Century
c. 1958
19th Century
