Headband

Museum number:
9-15399
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
416 (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.02
Description:
Headband. Silk, metal wrapped yarns, braid. Satin, embroidered in couching, ties of gauze weave, plain weave lining. Red ground, green ties, lavender, green braid. 16½ inches by 2½ inches.
Donor:
Albert M. Bender and Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
CHINA
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Materials:
Metal, Metal (silk embroidery, braid, metal), and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works) and Headbands (headgear)
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 17 inches and width 3 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Headband, accession number 9-15399, described as Headband. Silk, metal wrapped yarns, braid. Satin, embroidered in couching, ties of gauze weave, plain weave lining. Red ground, green ties, lavender, green braid. 16½ inches by 2½ inches.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Headband, accession number 9-15399, described as Headband. Silk, metal wrapped yarns, braid. Satin, embroidered in couching, ties of gauze weave, plain weave lining. Red ground, green ties, lavender, green braid. 16½ inches by 2½ inches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Headband, accession number 9-15399, described as Headband. Silk, metal wrapped yarns, braid. Satin, embroidered in couching, ties of gauze weave, plain weave lining. Red ground, green ties, lavender, green braid. 16½ inches by 2½ inches.

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