Hat

2003-38-2

From: French Indochina

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 2003-38-2
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience French Indochina
Date Made ca. 1900
Section Asian
Materials Wood | Grasses | Cotton | Metal | Coin
Technique Carved | Woven | Painted | Cut
Description

Conical shaped hat consisting of wooden slats painted yellow, narrow at crown and broadening at brim, fastened at top with gray metal plate and around rim with grass lashings painted red; underside is woven grasses in herringbone pattern; chinstraps of red cotton fabric are knotted around 2 metal rings attached near edge of underside with metal fasteners secured to exterior with Chinese coins. Die cast.

Height 8.8 cm
Outside Diameter 31.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1900.1.96 - Other Number | 643/498 - Other Number | 11816 - Other Number | 1346 - Other Number | 95 - Other Number | 1098 - Other Number

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