Hat

Note: The following text is taken from a 19th-century collection catalog and, in its language and perspective, partially reflects colonial thought patterns. We present the text in its original version to make the collection's history transparent and promote a critical examination of the colonial legacy. Certain terms and formulations may be perceived as problematic today. A 2009 research project concluded that most descriptions are factually correct and still usable; only a few details were found to be inaccurate or incorrect. The results of this project were published in the following collection catalog: khm-wmw-tm-library.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1457155265"309. Hat - "Palo-tjimpa".The same hat as the previous one, woven from lontar leaves which has been covered with yellow cotton. In some areas it is the head covering of nobles who love to wear it especially for the deer hunt, thus it is a hunting hat. Yellow is the color of princes in Asia and also here in the archipelago, and such a hat covered in yellow cloth will make the high ranking wearer visible from far away."Translation of: Czurda, F. A. J. (1883). Catalog mit Erklärungen der Etnografischen Privatsammlung des Dr. F. A. J. Czurda in Postelberg (Böhmen). (p. 63). Wien, Wilhelm Braumüller