Paper

Museum number:
9-13700
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090013700
Accession number:
Acc.3314
Description:
Paper tag; red with gold and silver trim; multicolor ends; 14.5 cm x 1.9 m China, Hong Kong, Kowloon native name: Fun tin tee - paper tag Used for writing messages of congratulation. Placed on clothes hung in wedding halls with the bride or bridegroom's father's name. Bride makes a dress out of the cloth. White stands for condolence. Red, such as this, for happy occasions. Purchased in paper goods shop.
Donor:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Hong Kong
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Paper, accession number 9-13700, described as Paper tag; red with gold and silver trim; multicolor ends; 14.5 cm x 1.9 m China, Hong Kong, Kowloon native name: Fun tin tee - paper tag Used for writing messages of congratulation. Placed on clothes hung in wedding halls with the bride or bridegroom's father's name. Bride makes a dress out of the cloth. White stands for condolence. Red, such as this, for happy occasions. Purchased in paper goods shop.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paper, accession number 9-13700, described as Paper tag; red with gold and silver trim; multicolor ends; 14.5 cm x 1.9 m China, Hong Kong, Kowloon native name: Fun tin tee - paper tag Used for writing messages of congratulation. Placed on clothes hung in wedding halls with the bride or bridegroom's father's name. Bride makes a dress out of the cloth. White stands for condolence. Red, such as this, for happy occasions. Purchased in paper goods shop.

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