Ornament: hair

Museum number:
9-67a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.187
Description:
White metal hair ornament; dagger-shaped; openwork floral decotation on shiny metal back; a) top of ornament fits into b) base of ornament
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Metal
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ornaments (object genre)
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Ornament: hair, accession number 9-67a,b, described as White metal hair ornament; dagger-shaped; openwork floral decotation on shiny metal back; a) top of ornament fits into b) base of ornamentHearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Ornament: hair, accession number 9-67a,b, described as White metal hair ornament; dagger-shaped; openwork floral decotation on shiny metal back; a) top of ornament fits into b) base of ornamentHearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Ornament: hair, accession number 9-67a,b, described as White metal hair ornament; dagger-shaped; openwork floral decotation on shiny metal back; a) top of ornament fits into b) base of ornamentHearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Ornament: hair, accession number 9-67a,b, described as White metal hair ornament; dagger-shaped; openwork floral decotation on shiny metal back; a) top of ornament fits into b) base of ornament
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ornament: hair, accession number 9-67a,b, described as White metal hair ornament; dagger-shaped; openwork floral decotation on shiny metal back; a) top of ornament fits into b) base of ornament

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