Pare

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Pare. Hat. Panama style. Woven from a combination of rito tunu (boiled and processed young coconut leaf) and rito mata (unprocessed young coconut leaf) with an ovoid-shaped pearl shell at the top of the crown. The pearl shell segment has 16 holes drilled through its perimeter.Top of crownis ovoid and woven in check. Sides of the crown is woven in horizontal twilled-2. Brim is woven in horizontal twilled-2 with the last 21 mm woven in check. Edge of brim finished off with a vana pattern (decorative scalloped edge). White and natural green in overall colour.

Accession number: 2001.12.2 Last Update: 20 Sept 2018
Other Name

Hat (English)

Accession Number

2001.12.2

Accession Date

13 Jul 2001

Other Id

55831 (ethnology)

Department

Pacific

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Pare, 2001.12.2, 55831, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 02 Nov 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply Cultural Permissions Apply
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