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Object Number
991-12-60/15152
Display Title
Hair Ornament with Silk, Fabric, Paper Flowers, and Multicolored Butterflies
Descriptions
Object Description
Hair ornament consisting of silk, other fabric, and paper flowers. Multicolored butterfly made out of pipe cleaners, five silk tassels with metallic threads, four painted butterflies on heavy fabric, silk and paper leaves all on wire stems, most are partially springs, all attached to a red wood stem with green silk thread. 28 cm. (l) x 14 cm. (?) x 8.5 cm. (?).
Inventory Description
Pin, hair ornament, silk flowers, butterflies, leaves, bone pin, tassels
Classification
- Pin
Department
Ethnographic
Date
late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
China
Dimensions
Overall: 26 x 13 x 8 cm (10 1/4 x 5 1/8 x 3 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
991-12-60/15152
Provenance
Collector
Sarah Pike Conger
(1898 - 1905)
Donor
Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell
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