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Object Number
991-12-60/15002B
Display Title
Two Glass Bead Necklaces, Four Strands and Ten Strands
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Yes (Chinese name)
Object Description
Two glass bead necklaces. (a) four strands of small clear/white glass; (b) ten strands of slightly larger glass beads. Each has a purple silk tassel on either end wrapped with green and metallic threads on the end closest to beads. <transliteration> (Chinese name). (a) 51 cm. (l) x 5.7 cm. (w); (b) 51 cm. (l) x 5.5 cm. (w).
Inventory Description
Ornament, silk tassel, tan, double happiness symbol in knots at top
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Date
late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
China
Materials
Silk, Dye, Glass, Silk thread
Dimensions
Overall: 50 x 5.5 x 2.4 cm (19 11/16 x 2 3/16 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
991-12-60/15002B
Provenance
Donor
Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell
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