Hat - 50-49-1135 | Collections

Object Number:	50-49-1135
Current Location:	Collections Storage
Culture:	Bontoc
Provenience:	Philippine Islands Northern Luzon
Section:	Oceanian
Materials:	Wood Plant Fiber Metal
Height:	10.5 cm
Width:	17.5 cm
Credit Line:	Purchased from Misses Elizabeth H. Metcalf and Sarah S. Metcalf, 1950
Other Number:	1282 \| 1913 - Other Number

Description

Man's. Wood; designed as human head; brass eyes; other features carved; string to hold helmet on bun at back of head attached through ears; nose prominent with sharp ridge; eyes small.

Bibliography:

[Article] Linker, Ruth. 1961. "Philippine Hats". Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 4. no. 1. pg. 30-36 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 33

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