DepartmentTextiles-Asia

Pair of ornaments

NameOrnaments

Artist Artist Not Recorded

CultureMiao

Date20th century

Place madeGUIZHOU, China, ASIA

MediumSilver

DimensionsEach: 7 1/16 × 3 15/16 × 5/16 in. (18 × 10 × 0.75 cm)

Credit LineGift of Susan and John Pifer

Object numberA.2022.7.27ab

ProvenanceGift from donors who purchased items directly from makers during trips to SW China in the 1990s with professional touring companies

DescriptionPair of silver ornaments. Floral design featuring long-necked bird with prominent beak on right. Figures with faces, possibly insects. Seed-shaped (?) pendants at end of chains. Similar item on p. 11 of Picture Album of Chinese Miao Costumes and Ornaments, suggest Xijiang style