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Woman’s Headdress (dianzi)

19th century

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Woman’s Headdress (dianzi)

19th century

Physical Qualities Metal with kingfisher feathers, silk, wire, silk-wrapped wire, pearls, coral, jade, semi-precious stones, glass, 22 × 29 × 22 cm. (8 11/16 × 11 7/16 × 8 11/16 in.)
Credit Line The Baltimore Museum of Art
Object Number 2017.440
The Baltimore Museum of Art, found in inventory c. 1985; transferred from loan, 2017; possibly exhibition loan from Etta Cone or Mrs. Julius Levy, Baltimore
Baltimore Museum of Art, Chinese Exhibition, October 1–November 2,1924

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