Flag

Flag

Purchased to be used at the Chinese concession at the Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition in Seattle in 1909 by Ah King.

Large flag made of bast fiber with a yellow background. In the center is an inlaid navy blue dragon which has been machine stitches with white thread. a hand stitched white scale design and beard covers the navy blue body. It is accented with white cotton horns tusks nails and eyes. The eyes have black velvet pupils. There is a red cotton nose and tongue and a red sun above the dragon. along one side is stitched a white cotton binding that has a channel through which a braided fiber rope has been inserted. The rope is stitched in place from the outside of the channel. At one end of the rope is a loop through which a wooden peg has been inserted. On one end of the binding is a couple of red seal stamps of Chinese characters. Flag of the Qing dynasty

1999.037.002