Brush

Museum number:
9-21327
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090021327
Alternate number:
II - 14 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4697
Description:
Brush. For clothes? Oblong, nickel-plated plaque handle, latticework showing the character for “Joy” (reads identical front and back). (Fide: Ilse M. Fang, 8/28/2001: May say “Long Life”) 1.6 cm long black bristles. Metal part 6 cm high and 3.5 cm wide.
Donor:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection place:
Beijing, Beijing municipality, Northern China
Verbatim coll. place:
China. Purchased in Peking.
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection date:
1944
Materials:
Metal
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Brushes (implements)
Function:
1.0 Use not specified (Utensils, Implements, and Conveyances)
Production date:
First half of 20th century
Accession date:
December 15, 1998
Context of use:
Brush, possibly for clothes. First half 20th century.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
Bristles— length 1.6 centimeters, Metal— width 3.5 centimeters, and Metal— length 6 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Brush, accession number 9-21327, described as Brush. For clothes? Oblong, nickel-plated plaque handle, latticework showing the character for “Joy” (reads identical front and back). (Fide: Ilse M. Fang, 8/28/2001: May say “Long Life”) 1.6 cm long black bristles. Metal part 6 cm high and 3.5 cm wide.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Brush, accession number 9-21327, described as Brush. For clothes? Oblong, nickel-plated plaque handle, latticework showing the character for “Joy” (reads identical front and back). (Fide: Ilse M. Fang, 8/28/2001: May say “Long Life”) 1.6 cm long black bristles. Metal part 6 cm high and 3.5 cm wide.

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