Hat

2003-38-7

From: Tonkin | French Indochina

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 2003-38-7
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Tonkin | French Indochina
Date Made ca. 1900
Section Asian
Materials Bamboo | Palm Leaf | Metal
Technique Woven
Description

Split bamboo woven over palm leaf; [from Civic Center card] Large round conically-shaped hat of three layers; outer layer open-weave split bamboo except top of crown which is close-weave; small metal disc is encased at top of crown; middle layer is of overlapping palm leaves, the outer surface painted black; inner layer of open weave bamboo splints; three circular bamboo strips are evenly spaced near edge of brim both in the interior and exterior hat is lashed to circular rim of wood.

Height 20.2 cm
Outside Diameter 63.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1900.1.108 - Other Number

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