Cord

Museum number:
9-15433
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090015433
Alternate number:
1942 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.05
Description:
Cord with tassels; possibly silk, some gilt paper wrapped yarns, wood cores on tassel tops; braided over core, then cord braided and knotted. Tassels have knotted netting; red with green and gold tassels; 83 inches long.
Donor:
Anita Day Symmes Blake, Anson Stiles Blake, and Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
CHINA
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Materials:
Metal and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cords
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 5 inches and length 78 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Cord, accession number 9-15433, described as Cord with tassels; possibly silk, some gilt paper wrapped yarns, wood cores on tassel tops; braided over core, then cord braided and knotted. Tassels have knotted netting; red with green and gold tassels; 83 inches long.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cord, accession number 9-15433, described as Cord with tassels; possibly silk, some gilt paper wrapped yarns, wood cores on tassel tops; braided over core, then cord braided and knotted. Tassels have knotted netting; red with green and gold tassels; 83 inches long.

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