Hat with fur flaps; multicolored brocade, fur, wool; width 28 cm, height 12 cm. Worn anytime by women as hat; fur flaps are always left hanging, never tucked inside. Native name and meaning: tsering-khinkup, hat.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Tibet
Verbatim coll. place:
Tibet
Culture or time period:
Tibetan
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
October 1969
Materials:
Fur (hair material) and Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Hats
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 28 centimeters and height 12 centimeters
Loans:
S1982-1983 #40: San Francisco State University (April 21, 1983–July 11, 1983) and S1991-1992 #21: SFO Museum (February 1992–February 1, 1993)