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Object Number 39-93-60/6005
Display Title Wedding headdress - to be worn during the ceremony
Descriptions
Object Description Wedding headdress - to be worn during the ceremony
Inventory Description Headdress, cotton band, embroidered butterflies, metal ornament with glass
Classification
  • Headdress
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Minchia
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China / Yunnan / <County> / Tali
Dimensions Overall: 27.5 x 6.9 x 6.8 cm (10 13/16 x 2 11/16 x 2 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-93-60/6005
Provenance
Collector Quentin Roosevelt (Spring 1939)
Seller Quentin Roosevelt (Spring 1939)

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