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Small Natural Gourd with Yellow Silk Tassel Tied Around Its Center
Small Natural Gourd with Yellow Silk Tassel Tied Around Its Center
Object Number 991-12-60/14918
Display Title Small Natural Gourd with Yellow Silk Tassel Tied Around Its Center
Descriptions
Indigenous Term gourd - hu lu
Object Description Small natural gourd with yellow silk tassel tied around its center. There appears to be a hole in the bottom of it, which has a sticker over it with the #569. <transliteration> (Chinese name). 7.8 cm. (l) x 2.8 cm. (w) x 2.8 cm. (w), tassel 11 cm. (l).
Inventory Description Ornament, small double lobed gourd, yellow cord tied at center
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Materials Gourd, Cotton, Dye, Silk cloth
Dimensions Overall: 7.4 x 2.8 x 2.7 cm (2 15/16 x 1 1/8 x 1 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 991-12-60/14918
Provenance
Collector Sarah Pike Conger (1898 - 1905)
Donor Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell

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