DepartmentTextiles-Asia
Neck ornament
NameNeck ornament
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
CultureMiao
Date20th century
Place madeGUIZHOU, China, ASIA
MediumSilver
Dimensions10 13/16 × 9 7/16 × 13/16 in. (27.5 × 24 × 2.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Susan and John Pifer
Object numberA.2022.7.46
ProvenanceGift from donors who purchased items directly from makers during trips to SW China in the 1990s with professional touring companies
DescriptionSilver neck ornament. Flat with open\- work flowers with central bead at each edge. Central row of raised and layered petaled flowers with large bead at top. Meshed chail coils toward top of each upper edge. A leaf design extends to either side of clasp. The clasp 's band has three raised coiled cones at the top, a similar one is on one side of the ornament.
