Tibetan llamas hat from the 'yellow hat sect'. [FC 03/08/2010]

Collection type: Object
Description: Tibetan llamas hat from the 'yellow hat sect'. [FC 03/08/2010]
Long description: Tibetan llamas hat from the 'yellow hat sect'. The hat is crescent shaped and is made from yellow felted wool and white a red cotton textile. The hat is surmounted with a plume of yellow strands of wool yarn. [FC 03/08/2010]
Geographical reference: China
Asia > Eastern Asia > China; Quinghai Province Gumer village
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Wendy Black; PRM source Wendy Black
Date
Date collected: 1994
Acquisition information: Donated: 19/01/2010
Materials and processes: Material Wool Textile Animal, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Process Stitched, Process Felted, Process Tied, Process Woven
Dimensions: Width: max 220 mm approx, Length: max 830 mm approx
Object numbers: Accession number: 2010.3.28 Other numbers: 57
Research and responses: The Gelug, or Gelug-pa, also known as the 'Yellow Hat Sect' since the 17th Century has been the predominant Buddhist order in Tibet and the sect of the Dalai and Panchen llamas. The name yellow hat refers to the distinctive yellow headdress adopted by the Gelug-pa to distinguish themselves from the Karma-pa sect, whose monks wear red hats. [FC 03/08/2010]

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