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Object Number
991-12-60/14993B
Display Title
Pair of Hairpin Ornaments with Glass Beads and Greenstone Ornaments
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Yes (Chinese name)
Object Description
Pair of hair ornaments. Stem shaped with silk-covered wire stem, green stone, white glass beads, pink coral (?) bead ornaments. (a) also has clear pink glass beads and gilt ornament on tip. (b) has gold-couched thread ornaments. Green stone ornaments are in various motifs: flowers, leaves, and butterflies. <transliteration> (Chinese name). (a) 11 cm. (l) x 6.4 cm. (w) x 2 cm. (d); (b) 8.2 cm. (l) x 4.2 cm. (w) x 2.8 cm. (d).
Inventory Description
Pin, ornament, insect forms in jade, pearls, coral and coiled gold thread
Classification
- Pin
Department
Ethnographic
Date
late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
China
Dimensions
Overall: 8 x 4.5 x 2.6 cm (3 1/8 x 1 3/4 x 1 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Donor
Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell
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