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Hair Ornament with Silk and Fabric Flowers and Butterfly Attached to Center
Hair Ornament with Silk and Fabric Flowers and Butterfly Attached to Center
Object Number 991-12-60/15167
Display Title Hair Ornament with Silk and Fabric Flowers and Butterfly Attached to Center
Descriptions
Object Description Hair ornament: pink silk flower and several small fabric flowers on wire springs attached to one wire pin held with fuchsia silk thread. Green wax paper leaves. Attached to center of flower on a wire spring is a black, white, and yellow fabric cut-out butterfly. 20.5 cm. (l) x 7 cm. (?) x 11 cm. (?).
Inventory Description Pin, hair ornament, silk flowers, leaves, on metal stick pin, butterfly
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, Fabric
Dimensions Overall: 19.8 x 12 x 6 cm (7 13/16 x 4 3/4 x 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 991-12-60/15167
Provenance
Collector Sarah Pike Conger (1898 - 1905)
Donor Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell

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