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Object Number
991-12-60/15012A
Display Title
Round Wooden Hat Box (a) with Lid (b) and Child's Decorated Silk Hat (c)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Yes (Chinese name)
Object Description
Wooden hat box (a) with lid (b), round. String pierced through lid and box keeps both parts attached. Inscription on bottom of box in black ink: "Wong sends this child's hat to "Miss Laura's Baby" - to complete the suit of clothes that he sent in last bunch (?) - July 3rd 1904." Multicolored child's silk hat (c) in box with elaborate decoration. Includes an embroidered silk band, applique work: silk butterflies, metallic dragons, small mirror with elaborate frame, glass beads, silk pompoms on springs, multicolored tassels, and black silk fringe "hair" mostly on back (much of which has fallen off). <transliteration> (Chinese name for box) and <transliteration> (Chinese name for hat). Box: 29.3 cm. (h) x 23.5 cm. (diameter); hat: 17 cm. (h) x 24 cm. (?) x 17 cm. (?).
Inventory Description
Box, round wood hat box, fiber stitched, twine handle
Classification
- Box
Department
Ethnographic
Date
late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
China
Dimensions
Overall: 19.5 x 22 x 22 cm (7 11/16 x 8 11/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
Inscription on bottom of box in black ink; 991-12-60/15012A
Provenance
Collector
Sarah Pike Conger
(1898 - 1905)
Donor
Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell
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