Large Straw Hat (Satgat)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Feb 1886
name: label: Donor Name
content: Ensign U S N John B. Bernadou
notes: label: Notes
content: "Late 19th century. Woven straw with inner frame of bamboo hoops and ribs. This large straw hat has a hexagonal edge. It is woven with split stalks of straw, and its geometrical pattern is achieved by using different sides of the stalks. Inside the top of the hat is a built-in bamboo frame. Hough describes the weaving and the construction of the frame as follows: "The weaving is closed at the apex of the hat without showing a break. Braced inside with hoops of bamboo and ribs running from apex to points on the edge." Originally, this type of hat was designed for use by Buddhist nuns to shield their faces on outings. Over time, it was worn by lower-class women for the same purpose. Bernadou Field Notes 107 "... Coolies' [sic] hat. Serves as a protection from sun and rain and as an umbrella in wet weather. Some of these are of great size, nearly large enough to cover the wearer while asleep on the ground. Collected in Seoul. Ref: Hough Korean Catalog pl. XVIII, lower figure 2; Bernadou Field Notes 107" [from: "An Ethnography of the Hermit Kingdom: The J.B. Bernadou Korean Collection 1884-1885", Chang-su Cho Houchins, 2004, number 74]
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 Mar 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Korea, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 016970
label: USNM Number
content: E77065-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hat
physicalDescription: label: Height
content: 40.9 cm
label: Diameter
content: 76.5 cm