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Object Number 2010.11.35
Display Title Umbrella, gold, with tassels
Descriptions
Object Description Gold umbrella with painted trailing floral pattern of green, white, yellow, pink, black, and blue; tassels along rim; black wooden ferrule with red pompom; wooden handle painted yellow; paper wrapper; silk covered ring attached by cord; gray and purple leather around handle attached by small nails; yarn woven netting between wooden supports are blue, purple, and teal
Inventory Description Umbrella, gold, painted trailing floral pattern of green, white, yellow, pink, black, and blue, tassels along rim, black wooden ferrule with red pompom; wooden handle painted yellow
Classification
  • Umbrella
Department Ethnographic
Date 2006 or earlier
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Burma / Yangon / Shwepyitha / Bonshegon Village
Dimensions Other: 63.9 x 60.2 x 60.3 cm (25 3/16 x 23 11/16 x 23 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2010.11.35
Credit Line Gift of Hazel Hitson Weidman, Ph.D., Radcliffe '59
Provenance
Previous owner Previously owned by Daw Nyo Ei (-2006)
Owner Hazel Hitson Weidman (2006-2010)
Previous owner Previously owned by U Thi Maung (-2006)
Donor Donated by Hazel Hitson Weidman (2006-2010)

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