Kerchief faces
- Museum number:
- 9-21276a-d
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm210921276a@2dd
- Alternate number:
- VI - 9 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.4697
- Description:
- Kerchief faces. Two pairs of embroidered ornamental kerchief faces. Each quadrangular panel consists of two triangles sewn together. Brocaded gauze throughout. Background pattern: swastikas (10,000 for long life) between I-beams (symbols for Thunder). a,b: Lavender quadrangle over apple-green broad chevron. Quadrangle brocaded with a tripod decorated with the monad on a grill pattern. c,d: Purple and lavender chevron with cloud ends on apple-green background. Woven-in decorations: Coin (top), spade money, part of Han end-tiles. Top figure on other side unidentified. Spade money and coin below. Length of center seam: 21.5 cm; width 14.5 cm.
- Donor:
- Ilse Martin Fang
- Collection place:
- Peking, Beijing province, China
- Verbatim coll. place:
- China. Purchased by Ilse Fang in Peking.
- Culture or time period:
- Manchu people
- Collector:
- Ilse Martin Fang
- Collection date:
- 1945
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Embroidery (visual works)
- Function:
- 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
- Production date:
- First half of 20th century
- Accession date:
- December 15, 1998
- Context of use:
- Kerchief faces. Kerchiefs were slung over belts or worn from the frog loops of the Manchu dress. First half 20th century.
- Department:
- Asia (except western Russia)
- Images:
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