Hair Ornament

20458

From: Mongolia | Qiqihar

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 20458
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Manchu
Provenience Mongolia | Qiqihar
Period 19th Century
Date Made 19th Century
Section Asian
Materials Silver
Iconography Butterfly
Inscription Language Chinese Language
Description

Silver hair ornament with butterfly moitf. Used for a swallowtail hairstyle. These hair ornaments caught every breeze. When the woman wearing them turned her head, the silver pieces chimed.

Height 3.7
Length 28.5
Width 7
Credit Line Gift of George L. Farnum and John Edward Farnum, 1898

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