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Object Number
991-12-60/14941A
Display Title
Three Hair Ornaments with Embossed Motifs
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Chinese name - fashi
Object Description
Three hair ornaments: (a) copper alloy with embossed floral motifs; (b and c) enameled white metal with embossed bat and Chinese character motifs. All three have Chinese character stamps in the center of the interior. <transliteration> (Chinese name). (a) 10.3 cm. (?) x 1.2 cm. (?); (b) 7.8 cm. (?) x 1.4 cm. (?); (c) 10.5 cm. (l) x 1.3 cm. (w).
Inventory Description
Pin, hair pin, gilt metal, bow shape, embossed leaf motif
Classification
- Pin
Department
Ethnographic
Date
late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
China
Materials
Metal, White copper alloy, Enamel
Dimensions
Overall: 10 x 1.2 x 0.2 cm (3 15/16 x 1/2 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
All three have Chinese character stamps in the center of the interior; 991-12-60/14941A
Provenance
Collector
Sarah Pike Conger
(1898 - 1905)
Donor
Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell
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