Geisha's Head in Profile
date: label: Date
content: late 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: In the form of a geisha's head in profile, with finely rendered ceremonial hairdo that wraps from front to back, featuring an assortment of hair ornaments on top such as two gilded combs, two gilded and one ungilded flower, gilded string bow at back, gilded hair pin near bottom front. Release button on front of neck opens up brass rimmed bottom lid. Striker on underside of lid.
place: label: made in
content: Japan
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1978-146-347
objectType: label: Type
content: containers
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: Matchsafe
label: Type
content: Matchsafe
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Patinated brass, gilding
label: Dimensions
content: 6.7 x 4.7 x 1.4 cm (2 5/8 x 1 7/8 x 9/16 in. )