Artifact Number:
05048
Object:
Hat, hawaiian
Papale
Material:
Plant (loulu)
Dimensions:
32 x 32 x 11 cm
Origin:
Hawaii, Polynesia
Comments:
This hat is made of loulu, fan palm (Pritchardia spp.). The leaves were prepared, stripped and woven as a single piece known as the Kona style. The center of the crown, called the piko, is made up of a single piko design. The rest of the hat is woven in the maka oeno twill weave.
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