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Object Number 991-12-60/14942A
Display Title Four Enameled Copper Alloy (?) Hairpins with Embossed Motifs
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Chinese name - fazhen
Object Description Four enameled copper alloy (?) hairpins with embossed decorative motifs (green enamel). <transliteration> (Chinese name). (a) 9 cm. (l) x 2 cm. (w); (b) 8 cm. (l) x 1.8 cm. (w); (c) 8.5 cm. (l) x 1.5 cm. (w); (d) 6.2 cm. (l) x 1.4 cm. (w).
Inventory Description Pin, hair pin, enameled metal, curved spatulate head, blue, teal, celadon
Classification
  • Pin
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Dimensions Overall: 8.9 x 2 x 0.3 cm (3 1/2 x 13/16 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 991-12-60/14942A
Provenance
Collector Sarah Pike Conger (1898 - 1905)
Donor Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell

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