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Wooden Lantern Hanger with Silk Tassels, Endless Knot Motifs, and Stone Disks
Wooden Lantern Hanger with Silk Tassels, Endless Knot Motifs, and Stone Disks
Object Number 991-12-60/15011
Display Title Wooden Lantern Hanger with Silk Tassels, Endless Knot Motifs, and Stone Disks
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Yes (Chinese name)
Object Description Hanger for lantern with silk tassels, endless knot decorations, and two stone disks. Hanger is wooden. Tassels are predominantly green, some red, yellow, and peach. <transliteration> (Chinese name). Hanger: 56.5 cm. (l) x 8.5 cm. (w) x 2.7 cm. (d); tassels: 107 cm. (l).
Inventory Description Lantern, fixture, wood armature, notched block, large silk tassels, white discs
Classification
  • Lantern
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Materials Wood, Leather, Silk thread, Silk cord, Glass, Dye, Pigment, Stone
Dimensions Overall: 56 x 8.5 x 2.6 cm (22 1/16 x 3 3/8 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 991-12-60/15011
Provenance
Collector Sarah Pike Conger (1898 - 1905)
Donor Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell

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