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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
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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