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Unidentified

Head Band with Floral Design

1700-1899

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Unidentified

Head Band with Floral Design

1700-1899

Physical Qualities Metal, kingfisher feathers, 5 × 6 × 1 1/4 in. (12.7 × 15.2 × 3.2 cm.)
Credit Line The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number 1950.559.1a
This hair ornament is inlaid with kingfisher feathers in an openwork design of five flowers and leaves. There are two small loops at each end to which cords were attached in order to tie the band in place on the wearer's head.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore; Claribel or Etta Cone; probably purchased in China in 1907 on Cone Family trip

Maker

Unidentified

2000-01-01 00:00:00–2000-01-01 00:00:00

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