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Hat

Native NameSulpak
Object Number:50-49-1799
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Kalinga
Provenience: Philippine Islands
Northern Luzon
Locus: Kalinga
Section:Oceanian
Materials:Peel
Shell
Glass
Plant Fiber
Height: 4 cm
Width: 13.2 cm
Credit Line:Purchased from Misses Elizabeth H. Metcalf and Sarah S. Metcalf, 1950

Description

Flattened "pill box" shape. Three bands of dyed rattan on border, red, yellow, and dark brown. Geometric design woven over top with same colors. Two large -shaped pieces of pearl shell sewn over sides with blue bead. Mended.

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. 32View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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