Ceremonial hat

Museum number:
9-21933
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
21933, BY.T-238, and T-238 (original number)
Description:
Tibetan aristocrat’s ceremonial hat. This is a hard lacquered hat worn by noblemen on special occasions. There are dragon motifs on the upper surface and motifs of the eight auspicious signs on the lower surface (See: T-251 through T-258).
Collection place:
Tibet
Verbatim coll. place:
Tibet
Culture or time period:
Tibetan
Collector:
Theos C. Bernard
Materials:
Iron (metal), Leather, and Pigment
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dragons and Hats
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Production date:
19th-20th century
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Ceremonial hat, accession number 9-21933, described as Tibetan aristocrat’s ceremonial hat. This is a hard lacquered hat worn by noblemen on special occasions. There are dragon motifs on the upper surface and motifs of the eight auspicious signs on the lower surface (See: T-251 through T-258).Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Ceremonial hat, accession number 9-21933, described as Tibetan aristocrat’s ceremonial hat. This is a hard lacquered hat worn by noblemen on special occasions. There are dragon motifs on the upper surface and motifs of the eight auspicious signs on the lower surface (See: T-251 through T-258).Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Ceremonial hat, accession number 9-21933, described as Tibetan aristocrat’s ceremonial hat. This is a hard lacquered hat worn by noblemen on special occasions. There are dragon motifs on the upper surface and motifs of the eight auspicious signs on the lower surface (See: T-251 through T-258).

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