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Keningau Sabah Sunhat
Mid 20th c

A rattan hat probably from the district of Keningau Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia. The Dusun Kujau have similar hats. Some are adorned with shell discs on the top. It is rare to see this style.



Highly decorative and beautifully woven. A work of art.


Cataloguing

Of conical shape and made from woven rattan, with three decorative panels using black and red dyed rattan, between three upright ribs caught down by black rattan, culminating with three loops to the pointed crown and red circular decoration,  the lower edge intricately woven.



Diameter 11 in; 29 cm.


Condition

Very good.


Comments

My thanks to Jesse Joy for the information. Jesse is writing a booklet on sun hats made by the indigenous peoples of Sabah.


Price: on request

Ref N°: 8916/1