Olive green silk sash. Damask weave cut from length of silk. At either end, 9 rows of colored reversible embroidery: 1) bats; 2) three symbols for long life and 2 endless knots; 3) three five-petaled flowers and two sprigs of flowers; 4) three symbols for long life and two five-petaled flowers; 5) as row 3; 6) as row 2; 7) 14 hanging spearpoints; 8) 5 bats; 9) as row 7. Slight color variations between the two ends. End hems overcast in navy blue and silver. Overall length: 228 cm; width: 22.5 cm.
Donor:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection place:
Peking, Beijing province, China
Verbatim coll. place:
China. Purchased by Ilse Fang in Peking flea market.
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection date:
1943
Materials:
Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works) and Sashes (costume accessories)
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Production date:
ca. 1900
Accession date:
December 15, 1998
Context of use:
c. 1900. Such sashes were made for beloved males to tie their pants at the waist.