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Round Wooden Hat Box (a) with Lid (b) and Child's Decorated Silk Hat (c)
Round Wooden Hat Box (a) with Lid (b) and Child's Decorated Silk Hat (c)
Object Number 991-12-60/15012C
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 Hat, child's, brightly colored silk, beads, mirrors, metal, wire, highly decorat
Classification
  • Hat
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Materials Silk, Paper, Metal, Thread, Dye, Wood, Silk cloth, Bead, Glass
Dimensions Overall: 53 x 20 x 15 cm (20 7/8 x 7 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object Inscription on bottom of box in black ink; 991-12-60/15012C
Provenance
Donor Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell

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