Hairpin
- Museum number:
- 9-21328
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21090021328
- Alternate number:
- II-3 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.4697
- Description:
- Hairpin. Silver hairpin with butterfly head. Pin 8.8 cm long; bent-up butterfly: 2.1 cm x 1.5 cm. Sharp point.
- Donor:
- Ilse Martin Fang
- Collection place:
- Beijing, Beijing municipality, Northern China
- Verbatim coll. place:
- China. Purchased by Ilse M. Fang in Peking.
- Culture or time period:
- Chinese
- Collector:
- Ilse Martin Fang
- Collection date:
- 1943
- Materials:
- Silver (metal)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Hairpins (hair accessories) and Hairpins (pins)
- Function:
- 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
- Production date:
- First half of 20th century
- Accession date:
- December 15, 1998
- Context of use:
- Hairpin. First half of 20th century.
- Department:
- Asia (except western Russia)
- Dimensions:
- length 8.8 centimeters
- Images:
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