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Hat

19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Hat (Kamauk) of basket-plaited bamboo strips, bound round the edge of the brim with silk plush and with cane wound with silver-wire and silk. Lined with satin damask. In the shape of a convex shield plaited with a diaper of squares over a foundation of plantain leaf. The apex of the crown is ornamented with a coil of silver-wire wound round a cane core, and similar thread reinforces the brim above and below, which is also bound with purple plush. The satin damask lining is of yellow figured with a pattern of rows of flower and leaf devices.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Basket-plaited bamboo, silk, satin damask, cane and silver wire
Brief description
Kamauk, bamboo, basket-plaited; Burma, C19
Physical description
Hat (Kamauk) of basket-plaited bamboo strips, bound round the edge of the brim with silk plush and with cane wound with silver-wire and silk. Lined with satin damask. In the shape of a convex shield plaited with a diaper of squares over a foundation of plantain leaf. The apex of the crown is ornamented with a coil of silver-wire wound round a cane core, and similar thread reinforces the brim above and below, which is also bound with purple plush. The satin damask lining is of yellow figured with a pattern of rows of flower and leaf devices.
Dimensions
  • Height: 3.25in
  • Diameter: 23.375in
Credit line
Given by Lady Chelmsford, 116 Eaton Square, S.W.1
Object history
Given by Lady Chelmsford. Register entry 26th Jan 1921.
Other number
RP 1921/6878 - RF number
Collection
Accession number
IM.12-1922

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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