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Object Number 991-12-60/14969
Display Title Three-Pronged White Metal Hairpin with Enameled Openwork Decorative Motifs
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Yes (Chinese name)
Object Description Three-pronged white metal hairpin. Upper part consists of three green and blue enameled openwork decorative motifs in the form of plant/flower pots. <transliteration> (Chinese name). 17 cm. (l) x 2.3 cm. (w) x 3.8 cm. (d).
Inventory Description Pin, hair pin, enameled metal openwork, floral, fruit and vase, three pronged
Classification
  • Pin
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Dimensions Overall: 17 x 2.2 x 1 cm (6 11/16 x 7/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 991-12-60/1496
Provenance
Collector Sarah Pike Conger (1898 - 1905)
Donor Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell

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