707 Pink Brocade Black-Faced Tiger Bai Minority Hat
Pink Brocade Bai Minority Black-Faced Tiger Child’s Hat; Protectively fierce tiger hat with appliqued features and silver foil couched coiled whiskers; Wang Chinese character for king as in “King of the animals” is intact in yellow satin on the forehead; imitation green jade leaves dangling for the ears; The pink brocade silk body has well-embroidered silk flowers decorated with sequins and tiny glass beads; the bottom velvet rick-rack border has more sequins of an organic material topped with beads, but many are missing; some wear on the delicate needle-weaving border under the face; lining of Russian-style floral print; some soiling of the body, but basically in good condition; c1925-1940; Collected in the Dali area of Yunnan Province in late 1980ies; 18”.
Pink Brocade Bai Minority Black-Faced Tiger Child’s Hat; Protectively fierce tiger hat with appliqued features and silver foil couched coiled whiskers; Wang Chinese character for king as in “King of the animals” is intact in yellow satin on the forehead; imitation green jade leaves dangling for the ears; The pink brocade silk body has well-embroidered silk flowers decorated with sequins and tiny glass beads; the bottom velvet rick-rack border has more sequins of an organic material topped with beads, but many are missing; some wear on the delicate needle-weaving border under the face; lining of Russian-style floral print; some soiling of the body, but basically in good condition; c1925-1940; Collected in the Dali area of Yunnan Province in late 1980ies; 18”.