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Hair Ornament with Pink Silk Flowers and a Butterfly, Mounted on a Red Wood Stem
Hair Ornament with Pink Silk Flowers and a Butterfly, Mounted on a Red Wood Stem
Object Number 991-12-60/15151
Display Title Hair Ornament with Pink Silk Flowers and a Butterfly, Mounted on a Red Wood Stem
Descriptions
Object Description Hair ornament consisting of a pink silk flower on wire stem with several other smaller silk flowers and a large painted butterfly on heavy fabric on a wire spring. Green paper leaf. All mounted onto a red wood stem. 28 cm. (l) x 18 cm. (?) x 10 cm. (?).
Inventory Description Pin, hair ornament, silk flowers, butterfly, red bone pin
Classification
  • Pin
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Materials Silk, Dye, Wire, Paper, Pigment, Bone, Silk cloth, Metal wire, Wood, Ink, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 28.7 x 17.5 x 7.8 cm (11 5/16 x 6 7/8 x 3 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 991-12-60/15151
Provenance
Collector Sarah Pike Conger (1898 - 1905)
Donor Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell

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