Priest's hat

Museum number:
9-5798
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2408 and Acc.374
Description:
Priest’s hat; hemispherical; simple twill plaiting (2 sets); split bamboo; plaited selvedge; 3-part division of design radiating from top. outlined by 3 black strips on interior; cloth wrapped loop frame for head; diameter 50.5 cm. White paint on hat accidental.
Donor:
David Paul Marin and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Plaited weaving
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1909 and 1968
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Priest's hat, accession number 9-5798, described as Priest’s hat; hemispherical; simple twill plaiting (2 sets); split bamboo; plaited selvedge; 3-part division of design radiating from top. outlined by 3 black strips on interior; cloth wrapped loop frame for head; diameter 50.5 cm. White paint on hat accidental.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Priest's hat, accession number 9-5798, described as Priest’s hat; hemispherical; simple twill plaiting (2 sets); split bamboo; plaited selvedge; 3-part division of design radiating from top. outlined by 3 black strips on interior; cloth wrapped loop frame for head; diameter 50.5 cm. White paint on hat accidental.

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