Headband with neckguard, Mongolian style. Black-edged crimson satin, lower neck end scalloped. Embroidery pattern rising from there: waves and rocks with peonies; 4 of the eight scholarly treasures (incense burner, picture scroll, bamboo flute, fan); fish. Above, cranes and peaches (for long life) between clouds. Around crown: bats and clouds, bamboo; lions with their embroidered balls, coral stems. Upturned ear flaps in yellow satin embroidered with chrysanthemums, the sketched design not followed faithfully. Lining ultramarine-blue, patterned silk. Mostly coarse satin stitch, some seed stitch or stem stitch; padding for eyes, overlay cording for spines. Ear flaps originally tacked back. Overall length of folded piece 41 cm; width of unfolded lower end: 28 cm; front center height: 11.5 cm; height of neck guard: 26 cm.
Donor:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection place:
Peking, Beijing province, China
Verbatim coll. place:
China. Given to Ilse Fang in Peking by Erich Wolters, antique dealer.
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection date:
1945
Materials:
Satin and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works) and Headdresses
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes and 3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Accession date:
December 15, 1998
Context of use:
Headband with neckguard. The size of the object suggests use by an adult; the colors and pattern, by a female.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
Front center height— height 11.5 centimeters, Neck guard— height 26 centimeters, Folded piece— length 41 centimeters, and Unfolded lower end— width 28 centimeters