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Manchu official's hat
Object Number 990-16-60/14561
Display Title Manchu official's hat
Descriptions
Object Description Black silk satin, black silk velvet, red silk tassel, blue silk tie cord, bronze ornament, and spinach-green jade badge. Inner lining torn in two places. Jade badge is a perforated, hollow cylinder hanging from the bronze ornament which is perched at the top center of the hat. Some of the silk tassels are fraying. The main rim band is ripped in a few places.
Inventory Description Hat, black velvet upturned brim, black silk crown, red fringe, bronze knob, jade
Classification
  • Hat
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1920
Culture
  • Ch'ing
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Additional Geographic Terms Manchuria
Materials Silk, Cotton, Velvet, Bronze, Jade, Dye, Thread, Satin, Velvet
Dimensions Overall: 17 x 22.1 x 27 cm (6 11/16 x 8 11/16 x 10 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 990-16-60/14561
Provenance
Collector Warren J. Mead (1920)
Donor Dorothea P. Mead (8/13/1990)
Donor Jere Mead (8/13/90)

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