Headband

Museum number:
9-21250
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
I 10 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4697
Description:
Little boy’s headband with forehead placque. Black satin band with white cotton lining and interfacing. Heart-shaped placque of red satin edged green. Seam covered with red and light green woven tape. Placque: coarsely embroidered flower pattern in satin and long stitch in yellow, pale and blushing pink, light and emerald green; reclining boy’s “horn” stem of fine black silk threads wound with silk threads in the colors of the embroidery and ending in a tassle. Placque fringed by 2 cm. long fine black silk thread ends. Fringed placque width 12 cm.; center height 9 cm. Length of headband adjustable with a stitch.
Donor:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China. Nanking, bought at a flea market. Dated first half 20th century.
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection date:
1945
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Satin, and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works) and Headbands (headgear)
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Production date:
First half of 20th century
Accession date:
December 15, 1998
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
Fringe— length 2 centimeters, Fringed placque— height 9 centimeters, and Fringed placque— width 12 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Headband, accession number 9-21250, described as Little boy’s headband with forehead placque. Black satin band with white cotton lining and interfacing. Heart-shaped placque of red satin edged green. Seam covered with red and light green woven tape. Placque: coarsely embroidered flower pattern in satin and long stitch in yellow, pale and blushing pink, light and emerald green; reclining boy’s “horn” stem of fine black silk threads wound with silk threads in the colors of the embroidery and ending in a tassle. Placque fringed by 2 cm. long fine black silk thread ends. Fringed placque width 12 cm.; center height 9 cm. Length of headband adjustable with a stitch.

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