hat

Catalog Number 34681
Literary Reference , 13839
Cultural Affiliation Moro
Continent Asia
Country Philippines
Region Mindanao Island
Island Philippine Islands
Materials bamboo, dye, silk, thread, worsted, metal; silver
Catalog Description Name: hat, deep bowl-shaped, rigid of very finely woven split bamboo. Interior is ornamented with bands of purple colored silk and gold thread covered bamboo strips. Green worsted trying string. Exterior surface ornamented with designs in silver. | Notes: Such hats are sometimes worn by Moros but they are certainly of Visayan manufacture. F.CC.