Headdress

Museum number:
9-17986
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090017986
Accession number:
Acc.4278
Description:
Headdress, married woman's. Frame and wrapping strip, black cotton.
Donor:
unknown
Collection place:
Guizhou province, Southwest China
Verbatim coll. place:
China. Guizhou Province, Dunko da Die, Boyei nationality. Made by Wang de Feng, female, age 42.
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collection date:
Aug. 1987
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Reed
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Headdresses
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Context of use:
For everyday use by married women. Hairline is plucked back for coolness. Made by women.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
Frame:— 34 centimeters and Wrapping strip:— 833 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Headdress, accession number 9-17986, described as Headdress, married woman's. Frame and wrapping strip, black cotton.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Headdress, accession number 9-17986, described as Headdress, married woman's. Frame and wrapping strip, black cotton.

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