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hat

human history
  • Description

    Sun hat

    Made from a palm leaf base, rattan, fabric patch work, glass beadwork. A circular shape, with slight conical shape to centre top. The rim is rattan manipulated into a circle shape and coloured red coloured. The exterior has designs with fabric patches, above the rim is a thick boarder of vertical strips of fabric in black, yellow, green, red, and white. At the centre of the exterior of the hat is a large symmetrical design on a green fabric back ground of a red abstract shape, the outlines of the shape are bordered with black and white glass beads. At the centre top is a mandala star shape made from beads in green, yellow, white, black, and red, 6 short strands of bead work at the centre.

    The underside has visible strips of layered dried palm leaf and hand tacking of cotton thread

  • Place
  • Accession Number
    1984.248
  • Accession Date
    1984
  • Other Id

    51044A (ethnology)

  • Department

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