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Object Number 991-12-60/14994A
Display Title Pair of Hairpin Ornaments with Lizard Motif of Glass Beads on Wire
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Yes (Chinese name)
Object Description Pair of hair ornaments. Silk-covered wire stem decorated with clear glass beads, black glass beads, two blue and one pink glass bead on each. Lizard shape. <transliteration> (Chinese name). 11 cm. (l) x 4.5 cm. (w) x 2 cm. (d).
Inventory Description Pin, ornament, beaded dragon, imitation pearl, glass beads, ring on spring coil
Classification
  • Pin
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Dimensions Overall: 10 x 4.5 x 1.2 cm (3 15/16 x 1 3/4 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Sarah Pike Conger (1898 - 1905)
Donor Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell

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