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Hair Ornament with Pink Silk and Other Flowers, a Bee, and a Butterfly on Wires
Hair Ornament with Pink Silk and Other Flowers, a Bee, and a Butterfly on Wires
Object Number 991-12-60/15164
Display Title Hair Ornament with Pink Silk and Other Flowers, a Bee, and a Butterfly on Wires
Descriptions
Object Description Hair ornament consisting of one large pink silk flower (rose?) and several smaller flowers: a small pink silk rose, four small purple silk flowers, one orange and yellow fabric flower. Also on the ornament are: one yellow paper bud, one black and white fabric and bead bee, and one black and white fabric cut-out butterfly, and one green wax paper leaf. All on wires, some wire springs, some of wires covered with green paper, all held together with green silk attached to a red wood stem. 29.5 cm. (l) x 13 cm. (?) x 11.5 cm. (?).
Inventory Description Pin, hair ornament, silk flowers, lotus pod, paper fish, butterfly, bone stick p
Classification
  • Pin
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Materials Dye, Wire, Paper, Bone, Pigment, Silk cloth, Wood, Ink, Fiber, Bead, Glass
Dimensions Overall: 29.8 x 13.5 x 10 cm (11 3/4 x 5 5/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 991-12-60/15164
Provenance
Collector Sarah Pike Conger (1898 - 1905)
Donor Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell

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