cape BM-Af1987-04.1

Period:Unknown
Materials:feather, silk, wool,
Technique:woven, sewn,

Dimensions:Length: 51 centimetres Width: 74 centimetres (Register gives 70cm.)

Description:
Register 1987 A silk lined cape decorated with brown and white feathers and trimmed with blue ribbon around the neck.
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Comments:Register 1987A silk lined cape decorated with brown and white feathers and trimmed with blue ribbon around the neck.?Chinese community, ?South Africa.See donation book: The cape is of uncertain origin. Said to have belonged to ‘the Queen of Java’, it was left to the donor, Mrs Dealtry, by Mrs HC Mitchell who may have acquired it in Peking, China, shortly after the First World War. Other capes in the collections, however, are thought to have been made by the Chinese in South Africa.