Collar

Museum number:
9-6438
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1737
Description:
Collar; paper covered with silk cloth; gold thread embroidery in forms of phoenix; floral designs in multicolor thread; 27 x 13 inches. Part of woman’s costume. Collar belonged to a ‘chao-fu’ (woman’s most formal costume). Native name: p’i-ling.
Donor:
Murray Barnson Emeneau
Collection place:
Zhejiang Province, China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Isadore Kloss Fitch
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Collars (neckwear) and Phoenixes
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1969-1970 #10: Dramatic Arts Department (UC Berkeley) (July 29, 1969–August 20, 1969)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Collar, accession number 9-6438, described as Collar; paper covered with silk cloth; gold thread embroidery in forms of phoenix; floral designs in multicolor thread; 27 x 13 inches. Part of woman’s costume. Collar belonged to a ‘chao-fu’ (woman’s most formal costume). Native name: p’i-ling.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Collar, accession number 9-6438, described as Collar; paper covered with silk cloth; gold thread embroidery in forms of phoenix; floral designs in multicolor thread; 27 x 13 inches. Part of woman’s costume. Collar belonged to a ‘chao-fu’ (woman’s most formal costume). Native name: p’i-ling.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Collar, accession number 9-6438, described as Collar; paper covered with silk cloth; gold thread embroidery in forms of phoenix; floral designs in multicolor thread; 27 x 13 inches. Part of woman’s costume. Collar belonged to a ‘chao-fu’ (woman’s most formal costume). Native name: p’i-ling.

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