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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Brooch
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.

Brooch

CultureChinese
Dateca. 1850
MediumGold with tiger teeth
DimensionsOverall: 2 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (6.4 x 3.8 cm)
InscribedStamped in the gold mount of the brooch: rectangle with Chinese symbols 20 CW.
Credit LineGift of Rev. Moss W. Armistead
Object number87.261A
Not on view
DescriptionBrooch is made up of two large tiger teeth mounted in very fine filigree gold work with a bird and bow and arrow as the central motif. Two gold tassels are suspended beneath the bird. Long pin attached to the reverse of the brooch.

ProvenanceGift of Rev. Moss W. Armistead, Portsmouth, VA, to the Chrysler Museum of Art, 1987.