Description:

Indonesia, Borneo, Kenyah Dayak, ca. 20th century CE. A beautiful sun hat made from palm leaves sewn to a circular bamboo frame and covered on the exterior with a colorful glass bead central panel depicting four figures - a pair of white anthropomorphic figures in a squatting dance-like pose, alternating with a pair of golden yellow zoomorphic, perhaps butterfly forms. Upon closer inspection, one can also see that interspersed with the yellow and white glass trade beads are a plethora of other colorful glass trade beads in hues of cobalt blue, vermilion red, sunny orange, lavender, spring green, black, white with a metallic sheen, and gold. Surrounding this circular glass beaded panel is a border of silky fabric sections - red, white, black, Kelly green with a pattern in gold metallic threads, tone on tone green, floral against a black ground, and floral against a green ground. Size: 18.75" in diameter (47.6 cm)

Provenance: private Johnson collection, Marina Del Rey, California, USA

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#131788

  • Condition: Small area of loss to center of beaded panel as shown. Possible losses to edge of beaded panel. Pin marks to slenderest sections of fabric border - suggesting these may have had additional ornament at one time. Otherwise, very good.

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