Object name: Headband / Object class: Accessories by location on the head / Function: 2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object name Headband Object class Accessories by location on the head Function 2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes

Hearst Museum object titled Headband, accession number 3-16199, described as Headband; white cotton; peach, green, purple brocade figures; purple side stripes; twisted fringe on 1 end; 43 3/4 inches x 1 1/2 inches

Hearst Museum object titled Headband, accession number 9-21246, described as Headband and neckguard for a child. Midnight-blue satin; tacked-back ear flaps black-bordered yellow satin. Lower neck end scalloped. Over it water, rocks, lotus, clouds, butterflies. Headband: various flowers; earflaps: peach blossoms. Heart-shaped sculpted flower on center top, in red satin. Mostly coarse satin and stem stitch. Seed stitch where appropriate, and exclusively on ear flaps. Cerulean blue silk lining. Split on lower side reveals interfacing of satin before embroidering, and silk-waste padding. Overall length of folded piece: 36 cm; width of unfolded lower end: 28 cm; front end height: 12 cm; height of neck guard: 22 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Headband, accession number 7-6592, described as Head band

Hearst Museum object titled Headband, accession number 3-16198, described as Headband; cotton; multicolor tapestry; short fringe on ends; 82 x 1 3/8 inches

Hearst Museum object titled Headband, accession number 9-15399, described as Headband. Silk, metal wrapped yarns, braid. Satin, embroidered in couching, ties of gauze weave, plain weave lining. Red ground, green ties, lavender, green braid. 16½ inches by 2½ inches.

Hearst Museum object titled Headband, accession number 9-21250, described as Little boy’s headband with forehead placque. Black satin band with white cotton lining and interfacing. Heart-shaped placque of red satin edged green. Seam covered with red and light green woven tape. Placque: coarsely embroidered flower pattern in satin and long stitch in yellow, pale and blushing pink, light and emerald green; reclining boy’s “horn” stem of fine black silk threads wound with silk threads in the colors of the embroidery and ending in a tassle. Placque fringed by 2 cm. long fine black silk thread ends. Fringed placque width 12 cm.; center height 9 cm. Length of headband adjustable with a stitch.