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Hair Ornament with Mostly Pink Small Silk Flowers and Silk Butterfly
Hair Ornament with Mostly Pink Small Silk Flowers and Silk Butterfly
Object Number 991-12-60/15174
Display Title Hair Ornament with Mostly Pink Small Silk Flowers and Silk Butterfly
Descriptions
Object Description Hair ornament consisting of several small silk flowers, predominantly pink, two white and yellow ones, and four turquoise ones. Green silk leaves. Green, white, and pink silk butterfly with a green and a red fuzzy ornament. On wires and wire springs, some covered with paper, attached to a wire pin, held together with pink silk thread. 27 cm. (l) x 13.5 cm. (?) x 16 cm. (?).
Inventory Description Pin, hair ornament, silk flowers, leaves, on metal stick pin, butterfly, bells
Classification
  • Pin
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Materials Silk, Dye, Wire, Glass, Paper, Silk cloth, Metal wire, Silk thread, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 27.5 x 20.7 x 7.2 cm (10 13/16 x 8 1/8 x 2 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 991-12-60/15174
Provenance
Collector Sarah Pike Conger (1898 - 1905)
Donor Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell

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