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Object Number 991-12-60/14959
Display Title White Metal Hairpin with Enameled Decorative Element in Shape of a Bat
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Chinese name - fazhen
Object Description White metal hairpin with enameled decorative element in shape of a bat. <transliteration> (Chinese name). 12.5 cm. (l) x 2.1 cm. (w) x 1 cm. (d).
Inventory Description Pin, hair pin, enameled metal, butterfly finial, red, blue, teal, celadon
Classification
  • Pin
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Dimensions Overall: 12.5 x 2.1 x 1.1 cm (4 15/16 x 13/16 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Sarah Pike Conger (1898 - 1905)
Donor Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell

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