Pillow

Museum number:
9-13641
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090013641
Accession number:
Acc.3314
Object count:
1
Description:
Pillow; lacquer; black, ends painted gold with tracing of trees in black; length 20.5 cm, 13 cm x 9 cm at end. China, Hong Kong (from Mainland China, Fukian att.) Native name: Cham tau - lacquer pillow Bamboo or rattan rmature, compacted paper padding, lacquer coating For sleeping in summer. Believed to be cooler. From Chinese Merchandise Emporium. Origin: Mainland China.
Donor:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Hong Kong
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pillows
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Pillow, accession number 9-13641, described as Pillow; lacquer; black, ends painted gold with tracing of trees in black; length 20.5 cm, 13 cm x 9 cm at end. China, Hong Kong (from Mainland China, Fukian att.) Native name: Cham tau - lacquer pillow Bamboo or rattan rmature, compacted paper padding, lacquer coating For sleeping in summer. Believed to be cooler. From Chinese Merchandise Emporium. Origin: Mainland China.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Pillow, accession number 9-13641, described as Pillow; lacquer; black, ends painted gold with tracing of trees in black; length 20.5 cm, 13 cm x 9 cm at end. China, Hong Kong (from Mainland China, Fukian att.) Native name: Cham tau - lacquer pillow Bamboo or rattan rmature, compacted paper padding, lacquer coating For sleeping in summer. Believed to be cooler. From Chinese Merchandise Emporium. Origin: Mainland China.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Pillow, accession number 9-13641, described as Pillow; lacquer; black, ends painted gold with tracing of trees in black; length 20.5 cm, 13 cm x 9 cm at end. China, Hong Kong (from Mainland China, Fukian att.) Native name: Cham tau - lacquer pillow Bamboo or rattan rmature, compacted paper padding, lacquer coating For sleeping in summer. Believed to be cooler. From Chinese Merchandise Emporium. Origin: Mainland China.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pillow, accession number 9-13641, described as Pillow; lacquer; black, ends painted gold with tracing of trees in black; length 20.5 cm, 13 cm x 9 cm at end. China, Hong Kong (from Mainland China, Fukian att.) Native name: Cham tau - lacquer pillow Bamboo or rattan rmature, compacted paper padding, lacquer coating For sleeping in summer. Believed to be cooler. From Chinese Merchandise Emporium. Origin: Mainland China.

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