Decorated hair ornament with spatulate ends

Made:: 1870-1900 in Canton and Hong Kong

Silver hair ornament with spatulate ends

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Silver hair ornament with spatulate ends
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Silver hair ornament with spatulate ends, decorated with embossed decoration, made in either Canton China or Hong Kong, 1870-1900

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Category:: Asian Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A5483

Materials:: silver and complete

Measurements:: overall: 110 mm x 14 mm

type:: hair ornament

credit:: Stead

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Decorated hair ornament with spatulate ends

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