Coat tassel

Museum number:
9-23471a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
5 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4786
Description:
Women's coat tassel. Tassels to be worn down back. Hook to metal bead which branches to three woven metal chains and metal bells. Red yarn tassels hanging from glass beads attached to a specialized woven metal tassel top.
Donor:
Ann Yarwood Goldman
Collection place:
Southeast Asia
Culture or time period:
Mien
Materials:
Glass (material) (beads), Metal (hook, chain, bells, beads), and Yarn
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
September 30, 2011
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— width 5 inches and whole— length 25 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Coat tassel, accession number 9-23471a,b, described as Women's coat tassel. Tassels to be worn down back. Hook to metal bead which branches to three woven metal chains and metal bells. Red yarn tassels hanging from glass beads attached to a specialized woven metal tassel top.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Coat tassel, accession number 9-23471a,b, described as Women's coat tassel. Tassels to be worn down back. Hook to metal bead which branches to three woven metal chains and metal bells. Red yarn tassels hanging from glass beads attached to a specialized woven metal tassel top.

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