Hat

Museum number:
9-22158
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
BY.T-239 and T-239 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4737
Description:
hat made of 3 different brocade fabrics with rounded crown lined with red cotton fabric. brim composed 4 segments with flower petal like edges. each section bound with soft leather. 3 sections of orange and gold brocade backed with silver/green, lavender/white brocade edged with tape of variegated purple, white and blue. the 4th section is silver/green/lavender/white brocade and woven tape backed with orange and gold brocade fabric. cord attached to inside of brim forms a chin tie.
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:
Cotton (textile), Leather, and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Hats
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Production date:
19th-20th century
Accession date:
March 12, 2004
Context of use:
ceremonial - worn by a lama of specific rank, passed to successor upon rebirth.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 38 centimeters, diameter 18 centimeters, width 43 centimeters, and height 8 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Hat, accession number 9-22158, described as hat made of 3 different brocade fabrics with rounded crown lined with red cotton fabric. brim composed 4 segments with flower petal like edges. each section bound with soft leather. 3 sections of orange and gold brocade backed with silver/green, lavender/white brocade edged with tape of variegated purple, white and blue. the 4th section is silver/green/lavender/white brocade and woven tape backed with orange and gold brocade fabric. cord attached to inside of brim forms a chin tie.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Hat, accession number 9-22158, described as hat made of 3 different brocade fabrics with rounded crown lined with red cotton fabric. brim composed 4 segments with flower petal like edges. each section bound with soft leather. 3 sections of orange and gold brocade backed with silver/green, lavender/white brocade edged with tape of variegated purple, white and blue. the 4th section is silver/green/lavender/white brocade and woven tape backed with orange and gold brocade fabric. cord attached to inside of brim forms a chin tie.

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