Head tassels
- Museum number:
- 9-23332
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21090023332
- Alternate number:
- 45 (previous number (collector's original number))
- Accession number:
- Acc.4786
- Object count:
- 1
- Description:
- Man's ceremonial head tassels Final 14.5" black material with some squares of pattern using brown thread in the weft. Brown, yellow, and white cross stitch and embroidery. Pink silk tassels on strings of black and white beads. Middle of strap is rust red material.
- 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 Fabric (silk)
- 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)
- Dimensions:
- whole— length 94 inches, whole— width 1.75 inches, and whole— length 7.5 inches
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