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Gilt Metal Ornament with Pearls, Feathers, Purple Stone, and Silk Threads
Gilt Metal Ornament with Pearls, Feathers, Purple Stone, and Silk Threads
Object Number 991-12-60/14947.1
Display Title Gilt Metal Ornament with Pearls, Feathers, Purple Stone, and Silk Threads
Descriptions
Object Description Ornament, maybe part of a larger piece. Consists of small pearls, gilt metal, kingfisher feathers, purple stone in center and silk threads on back. 4.5 cm. (l) x 2.2 cm. (w) x 1.3 cm. (d).
Inventory Description Button, seed pearls, blue feather inlay, polished red stone set in center
Classification
  • Button
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Materials Pearl, Thread, Metal, Stone, Wire, Gilt, Kingfisher feather, Silk thread
Dimensions Overall: 4.5 x 2.1 x 1 cm (1 3/4 x 13/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Sarah Pike Conger (1898 - 1905)
Donor Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell

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