1919 Chinese American Baby Bonnet
date: label: date made
content: 1919
name: label: maker
content: Lee Ng Shee
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Mrs. Lee made this "dog head" bonnet for her only son, Peter. Chinese mothers traditionally dressed their one year old children in such bonnets to protect them from evil spirits. According to lore, if evil forces met the child they would pass by, thinking it were an animal, and of no value. Fur lines the bonnet's "dog's ears" and the padded wool of the hat lined Peter's head.
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: worn
content: United States: New York, Manhattan, Chinatown
topic: label: referenced
content: Immigration
label: referenced
content: Immigrants
label: used
content: Chinese Americans
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content: Home and Community Life: Costume
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content: Family & Social Life
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Chinese American
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Mead, Virginia Lee. Lee Chinese -American Family Papers, ca. 1915-1970
label: Related Web Publication
content: https://sova.si.edu/record/nmah.ac.0555
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of James Edgar Mead and Virginia Lee Mead
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1992.0620.07
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0620.07
label: accession number
content: 1992.0620
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bonnet, baby
label: Object Type
content: Bonnet
label: Object Type
content: Boy
label: Object Type
content: Headwear
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fur (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 13/16 in x 11 in x 6 1/2 in; 45.24375 cm x 27.94 cm x 16.51 cm