Object Number | 2003-38-134 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | India |
Date Made | ca. 1900 |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Leaves | Grass | Mica |
Technique | Sewn | Woven |
Description | Large flat circular umbrella hat consisting of several layers supported by an elaborately joined spoked frame; the top layer of cotyphoa ubraculifera leaves is followed by succeeding layers of cloth, paper, and book mica; the frame itself consists of thin spokes of wood (or reed) joined by several bands of coiled reed with scalloped "V" shaped and circular reed decorations between each band; a straight sided circular inner crown of cotypha umbraculifera leaves is attached at the center of the frame. |
Height | 9.5 cm |
Outside Diameter | 79 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
Other Number | 1900.1.107 - Other Number |
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