TEMP 2014.0264 (associated catalog number, temp number used before final accession/catalog)
Accession number:
Acc.4791
Object count:
1
Description:
Ink on linen/cotton fabric: butterfly/moth design with center circular pattern. Heavy, linen/cotton, cream colored fabric with abstract design traced in black ink. Tracings are only on the face and appear to be hand done. Face design has a center circular design with 16 complete circles, ever increasing in size. Circles are lines, dots, Xs, and petal/leaf shapes. There are four abstract butterflies and four flowers that surround the center circle.
Donor:
Nelson H.H. Graburn
Collection place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Nelson H.H. Graburn
Materials:
Fabric, Ink, and Textile
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
October 20, 2010
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— height 16 inches and whole— length 16 inches