Cricket case

Description:	Cricket Culture in China encompasses a 2000 year history of both singing and fighting insects and can be divided into three eras. Before the Tang Dynasty (500 BC - 618 AD), people appreciated the crickets melodic chirping in its natural habitat. During the Tang dynasty (618 - 906 AD), people began to keep crickets as pets in cages and enjoy their songs while in captivity. Under the Song dynasty (960 - 1278 AD), cricket fighting flourished as a popular sport. Today, people continue to keep crickets as pets as well as for fighting. Owners keep them in a variety of types of cages made out of everything from horn to amber to stone to gourds to ornately decorated cloisonné. Many of the cages are carved with traditional images that evoke the history of cricket raising. This cricket case dates to China’s Republic Period, 1911-1949, and is made of rosewood and ivory with a glass top.
Source:	http://www.digitalindy.org/cdm/ref/collection/tcm/id/2091
Collection:	The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Rights:	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/;
Copyright:	Creative Commons (CC By-SA 3.0);
Subjects:	China China -- Social life and customs Crickets Insect cages

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