Hat - 50-49-433 | Collections

Object Number:	50-49-433
Current Location:	Collections Storage
Culture:	Bontoc
Provenience:	Philippine Islands Northern Luzon
Section:	Oceanian
Materials:	Peel Tusk Metal Glass Plant Fiber
Height:	5.8 cm
Width:	14.5 cm
Credit Line:	Purchased from Misses Elizabeth H. Metcalf and Sarah S. Metcalf, 1950
Other Number:	264 - Other Number

Description

Rattan wicker hat with red and black decoration; red bands at border; braided string strap with beads; brass button with American eagle in center on crown; split boar's tusk at each side.

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. 32

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