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Hat

Object Number:50-49-1803
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Kalinga
Provenience: Philippine Islands
Northern Luzon
Section:Oceanian
Materials:Palm Leaf
Peel
Bamboo
Height: 13 cm
Outside Diameter:38.5 cm
Credit Line:Purchased from Misses Elizabeth H. Metcalf and Sarah S. Metcalf, 1950
Other Number:71 - Other Number

Description

Made of split palm leaves held with long running stitches of rattan; covers split bamboo rim. Conical crown with braided rattan forming peak.

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. 34View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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