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Object Number 991-12-60/15041B
Display Title Three Silk Headbands
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Yes (Chinese name)
Object Description Three headbands. (a) black silk thread; (b) blue and lilac silk thread; (c) blue, green, and lilac silk and gold metallic thread. All three are folded in half. <transliteration> (Chinese name). 40 cm. (l) (unfolded) x 3.2 cm. (w) x .3 cm. (?).
Inventory Description Headband, knotted openwork silk wrapped cord, blue and purple
Classification
  • Headband
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Dimensions Overall: 40.2 x 3.1 cm (15 13/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 991-12-60/15041B
Provenance
Donor Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell

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