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Object Number
991-12-60/15019
Display Title
Embroidered (Child's?) Silk Fringed Scarf
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Yes (Chinese name)
Object Description
Embroidered (child's?) scarf. Silk, multicolored with gold couching. Silk fringe. Red silk lining. 1940 Yamanaka inventory valued at $25.00. <transliteration> (Chinese name). 54 cm. (w) x 38 cm. (l).
Inventory Description
Shawl, layered embroidered applique, metal discs on silk net trim, tasseled
Classification
- Shawl
Department
Ethnographic
Date
late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
China
Dimensions
Overall: 53 x 27.5 cm (20 7/8 x 10 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
991-12-60/15019; 733
Provenance
Collector
Sarah Pike Conger
(1898 - 1905)
Donor
Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell
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