Hair ornament

Museum number:
9-11207
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
39A (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
hair ornament; twisted red cotton thread with three tassels of gold and silver tinsel and red artificial silk floss; Length 63 cm.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Delhi State, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Delhi
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
July 1969
Materials:
Cotton (textile) (cotton thread, artificial silk floss, tinsel)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Hair ornaments
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
For braiding into hair; for both daily wear and special occasions, depending on the amount of gilt and elaboration
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 63 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Hair ornament, accession number 9-11207, described as hair ornament; twisted red cotton thread with three tassels of gold and silver tinsel and red artificial silk floss; Length 63 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Hair ornament, accession number 9-11207, described as hair ornament; twisted red cotton thread with three tassels of gold and silver tinsel and red artificial silk floss; Length 63 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hair ornament, accession number 9-11207, described as hair ornament; twisted red cotton thread with three tassels of gold and silver tinsel and red artificial silk floss; Length 63 cm.

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