Hanging

Museum number:
9-90a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090090a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.373
Description:
Embroidered standard, silk back, broad crochet fringe. Pole with heavy brass top, melon shaped, and green, Blue tassel. Brass top has Chinese characters at base; mythical horned animal head near base of shaft; melon-shaped ornament at top
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Brass (alloy), Silk, and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
4.2 Public Buildings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Hanging, accession number 9-90a,b, described as Embroidered standard, silk back, broad crochet fringe. Pole with heavy brass top, melon shaped, and green, Blue tassel. Brass top has Chinese characters at base; mythical horned animal head near base of shaft; melon-shaped ornament at top
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hanging, accession number 9-90a,b, described as Embroidered standard, silk back, broad crochet fringe. Pole with heavy brass top, melon shaped, and green, Blue tassel. Brass top has Chinese characters at base; mythical horned animal head near base of shaft; melon-shaped ornament at top

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