Wedding-headdress ·  China, Yao, Province of Guizhou · ID: 3036621

Description

three semicircular elements of silver metal sheet, side by side soldered on two narrow metal rails, woven bands of fabric (cotton/silk) with beads and tassels on both sides, tears and minor missing parts in the fabric, stained in some places, metal base;
the headdress was fixed horizontally on a bonnet, the ribbons arranged on both sides of the face.

The object Wedding-headdress with the object ID 3036621 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 38.

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Comparing literature

Voyage dans ma tete, Paris 2010, p. 201