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1892.56.15

Ornamental frontlet with metal rosettes. It comprises a strip of velvet attached to which are nine silver-coloured metal flowers. At either end of the band are red cotton fabric ties.

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1892.56.15

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Collection type
Object
Description
Ornamental frontlet with metal rosettes. It comprises a strip of velvet attached to which are nine silver-coloured metal flowers. At either end of the band are red cotton fabric ties.
Geographical reference
Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Hokkaido
Cultural groups
Ainu アイヌ
Person
Field collector Basil Hall Chamberlain
PRM source Basil Hall Chamberlain
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1892
Date collected
By 1892
Acquisition information
Purchased: 05/1892
Materials and processes
Material Metal, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Velvet Textile, Process Stitched
Dimensions
Length: max 460 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1892.56.15
Research and responses

Note that objects from Chamberlain’s Ainu collection were exhibited by Tylor at meeting of AI on 10 May 1892 (JAI 22 (1893), p. 174) [Peter Rivière]

Search terms: Ornament, Head Ornament

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