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Object Number
991-12-60/14965
Display Title
White Metal Hairpin with Enameled Ornament and Stone Floral Motif
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Yes (Chinese name)
Object Description
White metal hairpin with enameled purple, blue, and green decorative ornament near top and a floral motif in green stone on the top. <transliteration> (Chinese name). 8.1 cm. (l) x 2.2 cm. (w) x .9 cm. (d).
Inventory Description
Pin, hair pin, enameled metal, carved jadeite double lotus finial, banded shaft
Classification
- Pin
Department
Ethnographic
Date
late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
China
Dimensions
Overall: 7.1 x 2.2 x 0.8 cm (2 13/16 x 7/8 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Collector
Sarah Pike Conger
(1898 - 1905)
Donor
Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell
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