Piece of fabric for a child’s garment on Mid Summer (dragon-boat) festival. Gold (for sulphur) ground with tiger, his prey, and the poisonous animals: frog, lizard, snake, spider, centipede. 34 x 37.2 cm. Mounted with scotch tape on cardboard.
Donor:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection place:
Beijing, Beijing municipality, Northern China
Verbatim coll. place:
China. Peking. (Beijing). Given to Ilse Fang. First half of 20th Century.
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection date:
1942
Materials:
Rayon
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dragons
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Production date:
First half of 20th century
Accession date:
December 15, 1998
Context of use:
To be worn on child’s garment for midsummer (dragon-boat) festival.