Identifier
IM.12-1922
Acquisition
Given by Lady Chelmsford
Collection
Material
Technique
Depiction
Dimension
59.3725 cm (diameter)
8.255 cm (height)
Production time
Production place
Type of object

Description

Kamauk, bamboo, basket-plaited; Burma, C19 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.