Hat - 50-49-1805 | Collections

Object Number:	50-49-1805
Current Location:	Collections Storage
Culture:	Christian
Provenience:	Philippine Islands Northern Luzon
Section:	Oceanian
Materials:	Plant Fiber Peel Cotton Bamboo Paper
Height:	16.5 cm
Outside Diameter:	43.5 cm
Credit Line:	Purchased from Misses Elizabeth H. Metcalf and Sarah S. Metcalf, 1950
Other Number:	20 - Other Number

Description

High conical crown, wide brim. Open lattice work of split bamboo, reenforced with wider hands on inside. Interlined with blue dyed paper and tax stamps; with black paper outside and 6 strips of split palm. Crown covered with dark blue cloth held on by rattan in geometric form. Edge of brim bound with brown dyed and natural rattan and cord string over bamboo hoop.

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. 35

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