Hat
19th century (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Shan hat, of soft plaited rice-straw, with velvet bandeau and cotton tying strings. Conical crown: very wide brim, with a bandeau of green velvet and tying strings of plaited green cotton. A tassel of cotton tags on the crown.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Plaited rice-straw, velvet and cotton |
| Brief description | Kamauk, straw, plaited; Burma, C19 |
| Physical description | Shan hat, of soft plaited rice-straw, with velvet bandeau and cotton tying strings. Conical crown: very wide brim, with a bandeau of green velvet and tying strings of plaited green cotton. A tassel of cotton tags on the crown. |
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| 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.10-1922 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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