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Object Number
991-12-60/14997
Display Title
Silk Embroidered U. S. Consulate Banner
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Yes (Chinese name)
Object Description
Silk embroidered U. S. Consulate banner. On a white silk banner, U. S. flag and yellow flag with dragon and red ball on it (possibly an early Chinese or Cantonese flag). The poles intersect in the center of a U. S. shield. (Measured facing right edge - bottom half is badly frayed.) On a cardboard roll with #14996. Stamp on roll: "U. S. CONSULATE/SEP 5 1898/CANTON CHINA". <transliteration> (Chinese name). 38 cm. (w) x 37 cm. (l).
Inventory Description
Flag, USA flag, Chinese Rupublic flag, on white, crossed, under USA flag crest
Classification
- Flag
Department
Ethnographic
Date
late 19th century - early 20th century
Culture
- Qing
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
China
Materials
Silk, Dye, Silk cloth
Dimensions
Overall: 37 x 37.5 cm (14 9/16 x 14 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
There is a stamp on the cardboard roll on which the banner is stored; 991-12-60/14997
Provenance
Collector
Sarah Pike Conger
(1898 - 1905)
Donor
Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell
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