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| Keywords: Japanese - Hair Ornament - Walters 571341 - View C.jpg Perhaps designed to decorate the complex hairstyle of a geisha this dangling piece would lend a sparkling bit of movement to the rigid hairstyle of a young woman as she danced or sang traditional folksongs Geisha and their younger apprentices maiko continue to dress each evening in elaborate silk kimono stark white face paint and grandly jeweled hairdos or wigs in order to entertain high-paying restaurant customers in Kyoto and other metropolitan Japanese cities century 19 silver gold cm 20 8 accession number 57 1341 35517 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters none Bedazzled 5 000 Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota; The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2006-2009 place of origin Japan Walters Art Museum license Art of Japan in the Walters Art Museum Jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Kanzashi | ||||
