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Set of Headdress Ornaments

Set of Headdress Ornaments

1700s or 1800s
(1644-1911)
Copper-silver alloy, gilding, kingfisher feathers, glass beads
Overall: 8.1 x 5.1 cm (3 3/16 x 2 in.); Average: 10.3 x 5.4 cm (4 1/16 x 2 1/8 in.); Irregular: 7.2 x 5.1 cm (2 13/16 x 2 in.); Part 1: 21.3 x 29.5 cm (8 3/8 x 11 5/8 in.); Part 2: 10.7 x 12.4 cm (4 3/16 x 4 7/8 in.); Part 3: 7.5 x 3.9 cm (2 15/16 x 1 9/16 in.); Part 4: 8.9 x 8.6 cm (3 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.); Part 5: 8.1 x 8.5 cm (3 3/16 x 3 3/8 in.); Third Section: 11.5 x 2.1 cm (4 1/2 x 13/16 in.); Second Section: 16 x 7.3 cm (6 5/16 x 2 7/8 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Howard L. Ginaven 2001.179
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

The iridescent blue feathers of kingfisher birds are inlaid in hairpins and headdresses.

Description

Hair ornaments depicting flowers, butterflies, or birds were worn by ladies of the Manchu elite class.
  • ?–2001
    Howard L. Ginaven [1910–2005] and Marjorie Smith Ginaven [c. 1910–2006], Akron, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    2001–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Facing the Ancestors: Chinese Portraits and Figure Painting – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 12, 2019-February 2, 2020). Only 2001.179.1, 2001.179.2, 2001.179.7, and 2001.179.10
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2001.179