MVC-0491 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Hat; 23 cm from top of crown to end of brim; 94 cm circum. at end of brim; woven from off-white pliable basketry material; brim 10 cm long; diamond pattern in varying sizes over all except crown.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Philippines
Verbatim coll. place:
Philippines
Culture or time period:
Filipino
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1960s
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Hats
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
hat is in the style of cotton fisherman’s hats worn in U.S.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 23 centimeters, length 10 centimeters, and circumference 94 centimeters