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Object Number
991-12-60/15013
Display Title
Polychrome hat
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Yes (Chinese name)
Object Description
Polychrome silk hat with embroidery, gold couched dragons, and other motifs, glass bead decoration, red silk pompoms on springs, and four red silk tassels attached to red silk tied "endless knot" motif ("PAN-CHANG"). Pink cotton lining. <transliteration> (Chinese name). Hat: 24 cm. (?) x 20.5 cm. (?) x 14 cm. (h); tassels: 17 cm. (l).
Inventory Description
Hat, polychrome silk with floral motif, beaded fringe, long red tassles
Classification
- Hat
Department
Ethnographic
Date
late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
China
Dimensions
Overall: 32 x 24 x 20 cm (12 5/8 x 9 7/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
991-12-60/15013
Provenance
Collector
Sarah Pike Conger
(1898 - 1905)
Donor
Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell
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