721 Bai Minority Longevity Tiger Hat
Bai Minority Longevity Tiger with flowers and butterflies. Its red silk nose is embroidered with the Chinese character for longevity. Smaller black faced tiger with Buddha Hands flowers and insects embroidered with silk on white silk with a padded red silk back; Fine details include gold foil couched edging. Lining is both cotton print and handwoven Indigo dyed cotton; Bai Ethnic Minority of Dali area, Yunnan Province of China; c 1960; good condition with some soiling of the white silk; 17” circumference.
Bai Minority Longevity Tiger with flowers and butterflies. Its red silk nose is embroidered with the Chinese character for longevity. Smaller black faced tiger with Buddha Hands flowers and insects embroidered with silk on white silk with a padded red silk back; Fine details include gold foil couched edging. Lining is both cotton print and handwoven Indigo dyed cotton; Bai Ethnic Minority of Dali area, Yunnan Province of China; c 1960; good condition with some soiling of the white silk; 17” circumference.