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Details
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- Large silver dress fastener hook with ornamentation
Ornament worn on the back - Place where the work was made
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Kunming
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Yunnan Province
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China
- Date
- 20th century
- Media category
- Jewellery
- Materials used
- silver
- Dimensions
- 16.0 cm
- Credit
- Dee Court Fund 2008
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 27.2008
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Miao people
Works in the collection
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About
Silver jewellery, crafted by men, is an important element of Miao dress. Girls and women wear heavy silver bracelets, necklaces, earrings and crowns; silver plaques are stitched to their clothes. The Miao wear their clothes in multiple layers that indicate a family’s wealth. Poorer families cannot afford numerous layers of skirts and jackets, or extensive silver jewellery, even though each member of the community strives to have at least one elaborate outfit.
Asian Art Department, AGNSW, September 2011
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
One hundred flowers (2011), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 01 Sep 2011–15 Jan 2012
