Padded fighting hat with three flaps. [MJD 25/03/2013]

Collection type: Object
Description: Padded fighting hat with three flaps. [MJD 25/03/2013]
Long description: Padded fighting hat with three flaps. The hat is conical. The hat is padded with vertical quilting lines. There are three long flaps attached to the brim; two ear flaps tied above the hat and the third flap hangs down the back. The brim is black with white stitched triangles. Inside the hat is a long strip of white cotton textile. There is a plaited band of white cotton textile around the hat. Hanging from the front of the hat are two strings; one strung with small squares of red, yellow, blue and green textile. The second string has tufts of green, yellow and white cotton. [MJD 25/03/2013]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Bihar State Chota Nagpur
Person: Field collector Rai Bahadur Sarat Chandra Roy; PRM source John Henry Hutton
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1923
Date collected: By 1923
Acquisition information: Donated: 1923
Materials and processes: Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Textile, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material String, Process Stitched, Process Padded, Process Quilted, Process Plaited
Dimensions: Width: max 260 mm, Length: max 450 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1923.6.3

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