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Woven bamboo rain hat - rhomboidal in shape with circular headrest
Object Number 40-2-60/6091
Display Title Woven bamboo rain hat - rhomboidal in shape with circular headrest
Descriptions
Object Description Woven bamboo rain hat - rhomboidal in shape with circular headrest; bound in black at edges; woven black diamond and zig-zag decoration with red painted designs and fringed outline; diagonal and fancy twill
Inventory Description Hat, basketry, square, flat, flared corners, woven and painted decoration
Classification
  • Hat
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sedang
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Vietnam
Additional Geographic Terms Indochina: Annam
Materials Bamboo, Pigment, String, Grass, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 63.4 x 56.2 x 2.7 cm (24 15/16 x 22 1/8 x 1 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-2-60/6091
Credit Line Collected by the Reverend Gordon H. Smith, 1936-1939 Anonymous Gift to the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 1940

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