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Set of Headdress Ornaments

Date: 1700s or 1800s
Medium: Copper-silver alloy, gilding, kingfisher feathers, glass beads
Culture: China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
Department: Chinese Art
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art

Hair ornaments depicting flowers, butterflies, or birds were worn by ladies of the Manchu elite class. The iridescent blue feathers of kingfisher birds are inlaid in hairpins and headdresses.

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