Silver flower pin Asymmetrical flower with triangular cutouts radiating from stamped circles. Cutouts separated by lines of stamped dots. Three sides of flower finished in "sawtooth" pattern.
Donor:
Ann Yarwood Goldman
Collection place:
Southeast Asia
Culture or time period:
Mien
Materials:
Metal (silver?)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Brooches
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes and 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
September 30, 2011
Context of use:
Silver flower pin "nyaanh biangh" given as gifts to bride and groom, worn on red sash across chest.