Head tassel

Museum number:

9-23333

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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— length 53 inches and whole— width 1.25 inches

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