436 Black-Faced Tiger Hat Bai Minority
Yunnan Bai Minority Black-Faced Tiger Child’s Hat; Protectively fierce tiger hat with appliqued features and silver foil couched coiled whiskers; very significate fraying, soiling, and fading of the light-colored body which was originally pink silk brocade, although the delicate silk embroidery on the back is in good condition; Wang Chinese character for king as in “King of the animals” is intact in yellow silk on the forehead; Not available currently.
Yunnan Bai Minority Black-Faced Tiger Child’s Hat; Protectively fierce tiger hat with appliqued features and silver foil couched coiled whiskers; very significate fraying, soiling, and fading of the light-colored body which was originally pink silk brocade, although the delicate silk embroidery on the back is in good condition; Wang Chinese character for king as in “King of the animals” is intact in yellow silk on the forehead; c1920-1940; Collected in the Dali area of Yunnan; 17.5” .Not available currently