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Ching Ling Foo (Chee Ling Qua). Ching Ling Foo’s Embroidered Headdress. Circa 1914. Elaborate Chinese hat with embroidered dragon design and a multitude of metal adornments, owned and used by the famous Chinese stage magician Ching Ling Foo. Handsomely framed in a shadowbox with a vintage photo of Ching by White Studio of New York, signed by him in Chinese and an engraved brass plaque. 26 x 29”. With three letters of provenance tracing the history of the headdress from Ching to George LaFollette, to the Circus Museum of Sarasota.