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Object Number
991-12-60/15187A
Display Title
Two Yellow Silk Cord Toggle Fasteners with Stitched Designs and Ceramic Beads
Descriptions
Object Description
Two toggle fasteners, consisting of yellow silk cord, with red and white stitched ornamental design. (a) has one ceramic bead with painted dragon design - 17.8 cm. (l) x 1.4 cm. (diameter); (b) has two ceramic beads with painted landscape designs - 41.5 cm. (l) x 1.4 cm. (diameter).
Inventory Description
Clasp, yellow silk cord, woven slides, ceramic bead with dragon
Classification
- Clasp
Department
Ethnographic
Date
late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
China
Dimensions
Overall: 18 x 1.4 x 1.4 cm (7 1/16 x 9/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
991-12-60/15187A
Provenance
Collector
Sarah Pike Conger
(1898 - 1905)
Donor
Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell
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