Child's headdress in the shape of a tiger, formed of two parts. The front portion representing a tiger's head is of black silk decorated with applique fabric and gilt metal couched in silk thread to represent the eyes, eyebrows, nose, mouth and moustache, and two ears of red silk embellished with green tassels and little tufts of fur, edged with gilt metal strips. The body, which would go round the rest of the head, is of black silk edged with metal couched in red silk thread, a padded tail applied in the middle of the body to hang at the back of the head. Lined with printed red and green patterned cotton. A Chinese character, 'wang' translated as 'king' is couched on the tiger's forehead. Possibly for a boy.
headdress (clothing: headwear)
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