Conical woven hat, with wide brim worn by women. [AFS [OPS move] 5/8/2019]

Collection type: Object
Description: Conical woven hat, with wide brim worn by women. [AFS [OPS move] 5/8/2019]
Long description: Conical woven hat, with wide brim worn by women. The hat consists of woven straw, forming a spiral. The end of the weaving has been tied off with yarn, with the straw ends sticking out loose from the tie. [AFS [OPS move] 5/8/2019]
Geographical reference: Yemen
Asia > Western Asia > Yemen; Hadhramaut valley
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Jenny Balfour-Paul; PRM source Jenny Balfour-Paul
Date
Date collected: 1980
Acquisition information: Donated: 03/03/2016
Materials and processes: Material Straw Fibre Plant, Material Yarn, Process Woven, Process Braided
Dimensions: Diameter: max 433 mm, Height: max 314 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2018.37.99
Research and responses: In Indigo in the Arab World by Jenny Balfour-Paul, Curzon Press, 1997 p 137, jenny Balfour-Paul mentions that in the lowlands and the Wadi Hadhramaut 'broad-brimmed conical straw hats like witches' hats were, and still are, worn over the headcloth.' [AFS [OPS move] 6/8/2019]
Exhibited in the Basketry and Beyond: From Bare Stems Exhibit 7th March - 2nd June 2013 at High Cross House, Dartington, Devon. The exhibit was curated by Hilary Burns and images and captions can be found at https://www.basketryandbeyond.org.uk/bare-stems-exhibition/ [AFS [OPS move] 19/8/2019]
Associated publications: Balfour-Paul, Jenny, Indigo in the Arab World, Routledge, 1997 [AF [EFCF project] 23/8/2019] Balfour-Paul, Jenny, Indigo: Egyptian Mummies to Blue Jeans by , British Museum Press, 1998 [AF [EFCF project] 23/8/2019]

Search terms: Textile, Clothing Headgear, Basketry, Hat, Clothing