Hat

Museum number:
9-22164
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
BY.T-237 and T-237 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4737
Description:
brown circular hat with bronze colored painting; circular brim decorated on top side with repeating pattern of dragons enclosed in circles and floral motifs, underside floral motif encompassing 8 auspicious symbols (Buddhist); brim surmounted by riser decorated in floral motif and one symbol which appears four times; partially cut through to inside; circular crown surmounts riser. has three circular bands reducing in size; first floral motif, second repeating squares, third spiral motif; top is mandala with wave motif and five circles; leather padding where hat sits with 6 silk ribbons constructed to affix hat securely on head.
Donor:
Estate of G. Eleanore Murray, Estate of Theos C. Bernard, and Theos C. Bernard
Collection place:
Tibet
Verbatim coll. place:
Tibet
Culture or time period:
Tibetan
Collector:
Theos C. Bernard
Materials:
Paint (coating) and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dragons and Hats
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Production date:
19th-20th century
Accession date:
March 12, 2004
Context of use:
ceremonial hat worn by noblemen
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
brim to crown— height 7.5 centimeters, crown— diameter 23.25 centimeters, open— length 18 centimeters, brim— diameter 38 centimeters, and silk ties— length 55 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Hat, accession number 9-22164, described as brown circular hat with bronze colored painting; circular brim decorated on top side with repeating pattern of dragons enclosed in circles and floral motifs, underside floral motif encompassing 8 auspicious symbols (Buddhist); brim surmounted by riser decorated in floral motif and one symbol which appears four times; partially cut through to inside; circular crown surmounts riser. has three circular bands reducing in size; first floral motif, second repeating squares, third spiral motif; top is mandala with wave motif and five circles; leather padding where hat sits with 6 silk ribbons constructed to affix hat securely on head.

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