Hat

Hat

Woven bamboo hat with plastic rain shield cover; embroidered flowers with white red yellow blue and green cotton thread. Small diamonds of gold gilt paper alongside flowers. 3 bamboo ribs reinforcing underneath. Outer side is overlapping bamboo leaves stitched with green thread near crown. Underneath are lateral and vertical thin bamboo threads over bamboo leaves. Brim rises smoothly to a rounded crown. Tassel of pink white and green attached to top. Chin strap of peach ribbon cut with pinking shears and 6-petaled flower cut in each end.

1984.051.001