Head tassel

Museum number:

9-23331

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Alternate number:

44 (previous number (collector's original number))

Accession number:

Acc.4786

Object count:

1

Description:

Head tassel Body of piece is black strip of cloth. Final 13" is cross stitched and embroidered in repeating patterns that fill squares and rectangles. Thread is white, brown, dark blue and pink. 27 pink silk tassels hanging from black and white bead trios.

Donor:

Ann Goldman

Collection place:

Chiang Mai, Thailand

Verbatim coll. place:

Purchased in Chiang Mai night market in 1990

Culture or time period:

Mien

Collection date:

1990

Materials:

Embroidery, Fabric, and Glass (material) (beads)

Object type:

ethnography

Function:

2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements and 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama

Production date:

ca. 1940

Accession date:

September 30, 2011

Department:

Cat. 9 - Asia (incl. Russia east of Urals)

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