Dayak ? hat for ID

[Gavin Nugent]

Originally Posted by colin henshaw

Hi

This is a recent acquisition. Not a weapon, although its quite strong and rigid so might serve as head protection of a kind. There are a number of collectors and experts of South East Asian material on the forum, so can anyone kindly help out with identification ?

I am thinking maybe Dayak, with the beadwork over the plaited fibre, or perhaps elsewhere in that region...

Ideas on identification, comments and references welcome. Thanks in advance.

Congrats, I was the under bidder.

A real nice piece. I too only knew I liked it and I thought likely from the Assam regions but as you note there are those more versed in these.

I wait with interest and if you ever get sick of it......

Gav