Sun Hat

P266B

From: Borneo | Dutch East Borneo | Mahakam River

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number P266B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bahau Kenyah
Provenience Borneo | Dutch East Borneo | Mahakam River
Section Oceanian
Materials Palm Leaf (uncertain)
Description

Huang. Palm leaf, for men. Palm leaf base with rattan ring around the rim. Six vertical lines of alternating black and red stars woven in thread with a small ball at the top of each line. The apex is covered with a black hexagon surrounded by a yellow hexagon surrounded in red. Basketry head ring attached on the interior.

Outside Diameter 55 cm
Credit Line Gift of Alfred C. Harrison Jr. and Dr. H. M. Hiller, 1899

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