Coolie hat

Description
Large woven conical coolie hat. Red and black circular designs around the centre give way to red and black triangles radiation down to the rim. The rim consists of a thick piece of red rattan. The inside of the hat is natural.
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Media/Materials
Natural fibre, probably split rattan.
Production place
Sarawak, Malaysia
Collection
Iban & Indonesian Collection/Ethnology
Department collection type
Ethnology
Credit line
Collection of Waikato Museum
Te Whare Taonga o Waikato,
Hamilton, New Zealand.
Accession number
L1973/29/9

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