Asir Woven Hat
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Oct 1989
label: Collection Date
content: 1960 to 1980
name: label: Collector
content: Mrs. Grace Burkholder
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Grace Burkholder
notes: label: Notes
content: Collector's notes: "This straw hat with its wide brim is the type commonly worn by women in the Asir Province; "Aramco World' Jan-Feb 1975, p. 23 [see copy in the accession file] [has a photo] which shows such a hat".
label: Notes
content: Hat made of basketry woven in 2/2 twill. Round crown, and wide flat brim. A twisted reed extends from the front edge of the brim, through the tip of the crown, and attaches at the back edge. Another one goes from side to side. Another twisted reed attached on the inside (for use as a chin strap?)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Saudi Arabia, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Arab
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370093
label: USNM Number
content: E432039-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hat
physicalDescription: label: Height
content: ca. 11 cm
label: Maximum Diameter
content: 54 cm