Headdress Item Number: 588/1 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Black hat with a geometric shape of five exterior sides with two interior sides, forming a flat horizontal top. Top flares downward and outward and then angles back downward and inward for a downward point at either side, with the interior sides angling back upward and inward. There is a brass bar with openwork along the top. Dark hair is shaped into an oval where the head is supposed to fit.
Item History
- Made in China during 1900
- Collected during 1920
- Owned by Fred C. Bell before December 14, 1979
- Received from Fred C. Bell (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Shop Volunteers (Funding source) on December 14, 1979
What
- Name
- Headdress
- Identification Number
- 588/1
- Type of Item
- headdress
- Material
- silk fibre ?, brass metal and human hair
- Overall
- height 25.0 cm, width 45.5 cm, depth 10.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Manchu
- Previous Owner
- Fred C. Bell
- Received from
- Fred C. Bell (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Shop Volunteers (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- China
When
- Creation Date
- during 1900
- Collection Date
- during 1920
- Ownership Date
- before December 14, 1979
- Acquisition Date
- on December 14, 1979
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0588/0001