Ornament

Museum number:
9-13552
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090013552
Accession number:
Acc.3360
Description:
Ornament. Vertical row of three large interlaced knots, with three hanging groups of looped cords. Faded pink, red, purple. Some gold binding near loop ends. Metal object with lion face on each side suspended from lower knot. Ornament. Possibly used as a belt pendant.
Donor:
Arlene Miller Rolkin
Collection place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ornaments (object genre)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Ornament, accession number 9-13552, described as Ornament. Vertical row of three large interlaced knots, with three hanging groups of looped cords. Faded pink, red, purple. Some gold binding near loop ends. Metal object with lion face on each side suspended from lower knot. Ornament. Possibly used as a belt pendant.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ornament, accession number 9-13552, described as Ornament. Vertical row of three large interlaced knots, with three hanging groups of looped cords. Faded pink, red, purple. Some gold binding near loop ends. Metal object with lion face on each side suspended from lower knot. Ornament. Possibly used as a belt pendant.

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