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Object Number
991-12-60/14953
Display Title
Fragments of Hair Ornaments and Other Jewelry
Descriptions
Object Description
Fragments of hair ornaments and other jewelry. Eighteen distinct pieces and a bag of feather, bead, pearl, and paper fragments. Seven pieces, principally pearls, strung on threads and wire: one piece consists of wire, springs, two pearls, two green stones, pink carved stone; another is a composite of leather, wire, glass beads and plastic (?); another is a pearl, stone, metal, and gilt composite; and metal, glass, and stone fragments.
Inventory Description
Pin, fragments of hairpin ornaments, jadeite, pearls, wire, amber, coral
Classification
- Pin
Department
Ethnographic
Date
late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
China
Dimensions
Overall: 6 x 3.8 x 1.6 cm (2 3/8 x 1 1/2 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity
15+
Provenance
Collector
Sarah Pike Conger
(1898 - 1905)
Donor
Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell
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