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Object Number
991-12-60/14992A
Display Title
Pair of Hairpin Ornaments with Butterfly Motifs of Pink/Green Glass Beads
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Yes (Chinese name)
Object Description
Pair of hairpin ornaments. Each comprised of a butterfly motif made out of pink and green translucent glass wired on spiral wire, some of wire is covered with silk. Each has also two yellow glass beads. <transliteration> (Chinese name). 12.5 cm. (l) x 8.7 cm. (w) x 3.7 cm. (d).
Inventory Description
Pin, hair pin, metal, two prong, large ploychrome butterfly, beads and wire
Classification
- Pin
Department
Ethnographic
Date
late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
China
Dimensions
Overall: 13 x 7.5 x 3 cm (5 1/8 x 2 15/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Collector
Sarah Pike Conger
(1898 - 1905)
Donor
Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell
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