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Object Number 991-12-60/15065A
Display Title Five Fragments of Bead and Enamel Hanging(s)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Yes (Chinese name)
Object Description Five fragments of bead and enamel hanging(s). (b) and (c) were separate parts of one hanging, now joined together. Several had loose beads and have now been repaired. <transliteration> (Chinese name). (a) 66.1 cm. (?) x 8.5 cm. (?); (b) 67 cm. (?) x 7 cm. (?); (c) 66 cm. (?) x 7 cm. (?); (d) 54.5 cm. (?) x 7 cm. (?); (e) 34.5 cm. (?) x 7 cm. (?).
Inventory Description Ornament, enameled metal medallions connected by polychrome glass beads
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Dimensions Overall: 67 x 7 x 0.5 cm (26 3/8 x 2 3/4 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 991-12-60/15065A
Provenance
Collector Sarah Pike Conger (1898 - 1905)
Donor Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell

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