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Object Number 991-12-60/14887B
Display Title Pair of Metal Earrings with Dragon Motifs
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Chinese name for earrings - erhuan
Object Description Pair of earrings with dragon motifs. White metal. One earring has a leaf-shaped pendant with an embossed flower in the center. <transliteration> (Chinese name). Earring with pendant: 5.6 cm. (l) x 3 cm. (w) x .4 cm. (diameter); other earring: 3.3 cm. (l) x 3 cm. (w) x .4 cm. (d).
Inventory Description Earring, metal, crescent openwork dragon, texture
Classification
  • Earring
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Materials Metal
Dimensions Overall: 2.6 x 3 x 0.8 cm (1 x 1 3/16 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 991-12-60/14887B
Provenance
Donor Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell

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