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Hairpin

Description

Ornamental hair pin in the style of a wreath with clusters of bamboo leaves and bats of kingfisher feathers and clusters of flowers of coloured glass and beads, attached to the hair by an L-shaped metal pin: Chinese, late 19th - early 20th century

Museum reference

V.2006.19

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Hairpin

Production information

China, East Asia

Date

Late 19th - early 20th century

Materials

Metal, Kingfisher feather, Glass, Bead, Wire, Paint

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