Kingfisher Feathers Hair Ornament
Dr Sheena Burnell appeared on the ABC program ‘Collectors’ in 2007 with her collection of bound feet shoes and related objects.
Sheena is an anaesthetist currently living in Shanghai and she began collecting Chinese objets d’art and Japanese ukiyoe (wood block prints) in the 1980s.
Her shift in focus to collecting Chinese dress accessories dates from her first visits to Hong Kong in the early ‘90s.
This led to an expanding interest in women’s and children’s dress accessories in general and more recently kingfisher hair ornaments.
Her article, Chinese Kingfisher Ornaments has proved very popular with protagonists of The Culture Concept Circle so we have featured it on the home page this week for those who may have missed it last year.
Carolyn McDowall Co-ordinator, The Culture Concept/Circle February 3, 2010
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