Hat

Museum number:
18-107
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21180000107
Accession number:
Acc.3711
Description:
Cap, cloth; oval shape; navy blue body with tan cloth trim; top front of cap has insect/bird/fish design in cream and light blue; trim has blue and beige decorations; trim crosses in front and goes back along top sides of head to back where it ties in knot; inside is lined in black cloth; exterior sewn by hand, but inside lining around rim of cap is sewn by machine. Cap worn by men. Length 28 cm.
Donor:
Polly Blanchard
Collection place:
Java, Indonesia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Hats
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Hat, accession number 18-107, described as Cap, cloth; oval shape; navy blue body with tan cloth trim; top front of cap has insect/bird/fish design in cream and light blue; trim has blue and beige decorations; trim crosses in front and goes back along top sides of head to back where it ties in knot; inside is lined in black cloth; exterior sewn by hand, but inside lining around rim of cap is sewn by machine. Cap worn by men. Length 28 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hat, accession number 18-107, described as Cap, cloth; oval shape; navy blue body with tan cloth trim; top front of cap has insect/bird/fish design in cream and light blue; trim has blue and beige decorations; trim crosses in front and goes back along top sides of head to back where it ties in knot; inside is lined in black cloth; exterior sewn by hand, but inside lining around rim of cap is sewn by machine. Cap worn by men. Length 28 cm.

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