Small Paper Head (for festival)

Unknown Chinese, Chinese

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not dated

Paper, gold foil, red paint

Overall: 9 13/16 × 3 1/8 in. (25 × 8 cm)

Overall: 4 3/16 in. (10.6 cm)

Overall: 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Acquired by exchange from the American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York

14.1.4433

Geography

Place Made: China, East Asia, Asia

Period

19th century

Object Name

Recreational Artifacts

Research Area

Asia

Not on view

Provenance

American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York; received by present collection in Exchange #3, 1914.

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