Head tassel
- Museum number:
- 9-23333
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21090023333
- Alternate number:
- 46 (previous number (collector's original number))
- Accession number:
- Acc.4786
- Object count:
- 1
- Description:
- Head tassel Red fabric at ends 12.5 black hemp embroidered with weave and grid in red, green, yellow, light and dark blue. Edged with lines of embroidery. Each side has six pink tassels hung from blue, black and white beads.
- Donor:
- Ann Goldman
- Collection place:
- Laos
- Culture or time period:
- Mien
- Collection date:
- 1989
- Materials:
- Embroidery, Fabric, Fabric (hemp), 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. 1975
- Accession date:
- September 30, 2011
- Context of use:
- ceremony
- Department:
- Cat. 9 - Asia (incl. Russia east of Urals)
- Dimensions:
- whole— width 1.25 inches and whole— length 53 inches
- Images: