DepartmentTextiles-Middle East
Muscat Man's Hat (kummah)
NameHat
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
Place madeOman, Middle East, Asia
MediumCotton, linen, embroidery thread
Dimensions4 15/16 × 7 1/2 in. (12.5 × 19 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2011.55.12
Object numberFA.2011.55.12
DescriptionThis hat is comprised of a white cotton base, with golden-yellow and silver-grey embroidery thread. The hat has an overall cylindrical shape, with a flat circle closing the top of the hat. The pattern along the sides of the hat is alternating with a loopy scallop and intermittent zig-zag bands. The design on the top of the hat is concentric with alternating patterns of the same scallop design on the sides of the hat.
mid 20th
c. 1960
