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Hat of overlapping plantain leaves
Hat of overlapping plantain leaves
Object Number 2004.36.30
Display Title Hat of overlapping plantain leaves
Descriptions
Object Description Woven hat of conical form with a ridge at the brim, woven as vertical overlapping plantain leaves with a design of three sections of purple color leaf in two strips each on the exterior, with a pink string woven into the bamboo finial area
Inventory Description Hat, conical, ridge at rim, pink string finial
Classification
  • Hat
Department Ethnographic
Date 1980 or earlier
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Philippines / <State> / Panay Island
Materials Plant fiber, Cotton, Plantain leaf, Bamboo, String
Dimensions Overall: 15.8 x 38 x 36.2 cm (6 1/4 x 14 15/16 x 14 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2004.36.30
Credit Line Gift of J. Roger Flather, Harvard '54
Provenance
Collector John Roger Flather (1980 - 7/6/04)
Donor John Roger Flather (1980 - 7/6/04)

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