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Woven hat with red and black triangular sections
Woven hat with red and black triangular sections
Object Number 2004.36.22
Display Title Woven hat with red and black triangular sections
Descriptions
Object Description Woven Melanau hat; wide domed hat structured from bamboo over mengkuang leaves, vertical bamboo strips gathered into triangular sections issuing from the rim alternating red and black below bands of bamboo in red and white, yellow, black and red and white, all on a white ground, interior of overlapping leaves secured by red thread
Inventory Description Hat, conical, red, black, yellow and white design, woven
Classification
  • Hat
Department Ethnographic
Date 1964 or earlier
Culture
  • Melanau
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Malaysia
Oceania / Malaysia / Borneo / Sarawak
Materials Plant fiber, Pigment, Thread, Bamboo, Mengkuang leaf, Dye
Dimensions Overall: 19 x 51.5 x 52 cm (7 1/2 x 20 1/4 x 20 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2004.36.22
Credit Line Gift of J. Roger Flather, Harvard '54
Provenance
Collector John Roger Flather (1964 - 7/6/04)
Donor John Roger Flather (1964 - 7/6/04)

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