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Camphor Wood Carving detail

Submitted by jjohnantonsmith on Sun, 2021-05-09 23:18
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1951

This is a detail of a larger camphor wood panel. I asked the man carving it if he could carve his name and the name and address of the shop on the right side. I have never had these letters translated, so I have no idea what they say.

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Camphor Wood Carving in Hong Kong 1951

Submitted by jjohnantonsmith on Sun, 2021-05-09 23:18
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1951

I asked my father, Raymond Smith, if he would arrange for me to see a woodcarving workshop. He took me along to a shop which sold camphor wood chests and we went down to the basement and I was introduced to a worker who was very young.

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