Hat

Museum number:
9-22088
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
BY.T-273 and T-273 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4737
Description:
saffron colored, hood like hat of high pile wool surmounted by a stiff roach of saffron colored yarn. hood finished with 2 lappets of red cotton with insets of yellow Chinese silk. lined with blue cotton. a black cotton cap edged with black grosgrain ribbon is mounted inside the hood.
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), Silk, and Wool (textile)
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:
worn by monks, lamas and Sr. scholars for ceremonial occasions.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
lappets— width 12.5 centimeters, roach— width 55 centimeters, lappets— height 32 centimeters, roach— height 16 centimeters, hood— length 44 centimeters, and hood— width 22 centimeters
Loans:
S2015-2016 #3: Bancroft Library (UC Berkeley) (May 5, 2016–August 2, 2016)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Hat, accession number 9-22088, described as saffron colored, hood like hat of high pile wool surmounted by a stiff roach of saffron colored yarn. hood finished with 2 lappets of red cotton with insets of yellow Chinese silk. lined with blue cotton. a black cotton cap edged with black grosgrain ribbon is mounted inside the hood.

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