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The cuff - link (item 320) is shown at the top of photograph 38. This item
formed from seven pieces - two faces, to obverses, and a link, all made
from copper, and two eyes, probably made from brass. The faces are
embossed with a diagonal geometric device similar to that which appears
around the rim of one bowl fragment (item 36) and other devices, and
engraved. It bears remnants of gold-plating.
8.2.8f Buckles
(photograph33)
Item 39 is a buckle, made from bronze, and probably associated with
harness. Item 406, which has not been photographed, is ferrous, and
although it has the appearance of a buckle roller, may be something
entirely different but unidentified.
8.2.8g Coins
(photograph 38)
Only two coins are included in the artefacts from Chinaman's Garden Well.
Of these, one is a half.
The complete coin is item 367 - 22mm in diameter. Reference to Coole
(1965) has identified this coin as being from the Ch'ing dynasty, Ch'ien
Lung (1736-1796) issue, from a mint in Kansu province, in the north-west
of China.
Item 73 appears to have been deliberately broken. It is 27mm in diameter,
from the K'ang Hsi (1662-1723) period of the Ch'ing dynasty, and perhaps
one of the coins regarded by the Chinese as being of talismanic value. It is
in quite good condition, and the break is clean and un-worn. The coin was
minted in Kansu province, in the north-west of China. This coin was
perhaps intended as a means of identification, one part being retained in
China, the other by the sojourner in Australia. Discussion with various
informants has failed to confirm the likelihood of this interpretation, despite
the present day use of complimentary circular devices termed "Yin and
Yang" as tokens of mutual esteem.
8.2.8h Opium-related Artefacts
The range of artefacts from Chinaman's Garden Well associated with the
use of opium is quite comprehensive.
Tabulated below are items relating to opium tins, after which other items
are discussed.