Pandanus Hat
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: HAT, WHICH IS MORE OR LESS FUNNEL SHAPED. THE INTERIOR HAS NARROW PLAITED LEAVES, THE OUTER PORTION IS WIDER THAN LEAVES. THE EDGE OF THE HAT HAS A STIFFENER WHICH IS PROBABLY THE RIB OF THE LEAF, WHICH IS SEWN TO THE HAT. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. PUBLICATION: "NARRATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES EXPLORING EXPEDITION," 1838-1842, VOL. V, P. 48. OLD 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD READS, "HEAD-DRESS. CAP OF FUNNEL-SHAPE, MADE OF PANDANUS LEAVES; INTERIOR OF PLAITED NARROW STRIPS; EXTERIOR OF PLAIN BROAD LEAVES STIFFENED BY STRIP BENT IN SHAPE OF HAT AND SEWED TO EXTERIOR. KINGSMILL..." EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue entry on # 619 identifies the name for this type of hat as a "Para."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kiribati Islands, Kiribati, Micronesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Gilbertese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3751-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hat
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 21 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 24 cm