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Flat top hat of light and dark bands
Flat top hat of light and dark bands
Object Number 2004.36.31
Display Title Flat top hat of light and dark bands
Descriptions
Object Description Woven hat; structured flat top hat with a wide brim, formed of rows of dark and light color bamboo twigs lashed together with bamboo strips
Inventory Description Hat, flat top with wide brim, brown horizontal strip design, woven
Classification
  • Hat
Department Ethnographic
Date 1978 or earlier
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Materials Plant fiber, Bamboo
Dimensions Overall: 6.8 x 31 x 30 cm (2 11/16 x 12 3/16 x 11 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2004.36.31
Credit Line Gift of J. Roger Flather, Harvard '54
Provenance
Collector John Roger Flather (1978 - 7/6/04)
Donor John Roger Flather (1978 - 7/6/04)

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