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Object Number 991-12-60/15045
Display Title Embroidered Black Silk Eye-Glass Case, Oblong Shape
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Yes (Chinese name)
Object Description Eye-glass case, oblong shape. Petit-point embroidery - silk. Black background, blue clouds and four orange bat motifs with two white glass beads with orange painted. Pink cotton interior. <transliteration> (Chinese name). 15.5 cm. (l) (46 cm. (l) with cord) x 6.5 cm. (w) x 2.2 cm. (d).
Inventory Description Case, oblong, hard sided, woven lotus design cover, bead slider, drawcord
Classification
  • Case
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Dimensions Overall: 15.4 x 6.5 x 2.4 cm (6 1/16 x 2 9/16 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 991-12-60/15045
Provenance
Collector Sarah Pike Conger (1898 - 1905)
Donor Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell

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