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Hair Ornament with Silk and Paper Flowers and Leaves and a Fabric Butterfly
Hair Ornament with Silk and Paper Flowers and Leaves and a Fabric Butterfly
Object Number 991-12-60/15166
Display Title Hair Ornament with Silk and Paper Flowers and Leaves and a Fabric Butterfly
Descriptions
Object Description Hair ornament: pink silk flower and bud, possibly a rose, on spring wire. In addition, several other paper buds and a small daisy. All spring wires attached onto one wire pin with green silk thread. Green wax paper leaves. On a wire spring, black, white, and yellow fabric cut-out butterfly. 23 cm. (?) x 11 cm. (?) x 6.5 cm. (?).
Inventory Description Pin, hair ornament, silk flowers, leaves, on metal stick pin, butterfly, lotus
Classification
  • Pin
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Materials Silk, Dye, Wire, Paper, Pigment, Silk cloth, Metal wire
Dimensions Overall: 23.1 x 11.7 x 9 cm (9 1/8 x 4 5/8 x 3 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 991-12-60/15166
Provenance
Collector Sarah Pike Conger (1898 - 1905)
Donor Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell

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