Object Details
- Lee Ng Shee
- Description (Brief)
- 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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of James Edgar Mead and Virginia Lee Mead
- 1919
- ID Number
- 1992.0620.07
- catalog number
- 1992.0620.07
- accession number
- 1992.0620
- Object Name
- bonnet, baby
- Object Type
- Bonnet
- Boy
- Headwear
- Physical Description
- silk (overall material)
- wool (overall material)
- fur (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 30 cm x 42 cm; 11 13/16 in x 16 17/32 in
- place made
- United States
- worn
- United States: New York, Manhattan, Chinatown
- Related Publication
- Mead, Virginia Lee. Lee Chinese -American Family Papers, ca. 1915-1970
- Related Web Publication
- http://collections.si.edu/search/results.jsp?q=set_name:%22Lee+Chinese-American+Family+Papers%2C+ca.+1915-1970%22
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- Cultural and Community Life: Costume
- Cultures & Communities
- Clothing & Accessories
- Family & Social Life
- Chinese American
- National Museum of American History
- subject
- Chinese American
- Immigration
- Immigrants
- Record ID
- nmah_1119952
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-9e01-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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