id: 161919 accession number: 2001.179.10 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2001.179.10 updated: 2022-05-25 09:01:06.182000 Headdress Ornament, 1800s-1900s. China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Copper-silver alloy, gilding, kingfisher feathers, glass beads; overall: 7.2 x 5.1 cm (2 13/16 x 2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Howard L. Ginaven 2001.179.10 title: Headdress Ornament title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1800s-1900s creation date earliest: 1800 creation date latest: 1999 current location: creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Howard L. Ginaven copyright: --- culture: China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911) technique: Copper-silver alloy, gilding, kingfisher feathers, glass beads department: Chinese Art collection: China - Qing Dynasty type: Jewelry find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 7.2 x 5.1 cm (2 13/16 x 2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Facing the Ancestors: Chinese Portraits and Figure Painting – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c opening date: 2019-08-12T04:00:00 Facing the Ancestors: Chinese Portraits and Figure Painting – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 12, 2019-February 2, 2020). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Howard L. Ginaven [1910-2005] and Marjorie Smith Ginaven [c. 1910-2006], Akron, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?-2001 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 2001- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: The iridescent blue feathers of kingfisher birds are inlaid in hairpins and headdresses. digital description: Hair ornaments depicting flowers, butterflies, or birds were worn by ladies of the Manchu elite class. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2001.179.10/2001.179.10_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2001.179.10/2001.179.10_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2001.179.10/2001.179.10_full.tif