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Kimonos, Robes, Textiles

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Rare Old Sumatra Tribal Wedding Hand Beaded Coolie Hat, you are buying the hat on the first 3 pictures. Last photo is of a Sumatra palace. We ship internationally, we group ship multiple purchases to save you money, if you have any questions, email cheetahdmr@aol.com
All our handcrafted or rare collector items come with pages and pages of research, about provenance, with history of the tribes and photos as well, depending on item and whenever possible.

Rare vintage Asian Indonesian Wedding Ceremonial Traditional Coolie Sun Hat that we collected on the premises in East Sumatra, used by well-to-do and aristocratic families during festive celebrations, occasions and weddings. We are showing detailed pictures of this lovely (entirely beaded by hand with a needle) hat adorned with a tapestry of minute glass beads enhancing the outside with a beautiful kaleidoscope pattern, and tightly woven on the inside. Size is 15 1/2" diameter by 10 1/2" from rim to top of conic point. I have seen a few for $900.00 and up, and the bead panels alone can sell for 800.00 and up on the internet. Super value, compare!

The pattern here displays traditional motifs of lotus sacred flowers, butterflies and deer, the latest animal relating to royalty, as the deer in the Ramayana epic. Additional adornments of small nassa shell borders, and beaded fringes all around the rim complete this marvelous and unusual collectable that took up to 6 months to create.

Our prices are very low as we sell mostly wholesale and we go straight to the source to find these treasures, so you are getting the advantage of that saving as well as the advantage of the wholesale price without having to purchase multiples for a little while longer while we are making room.
To see pictures of our collection, go to this link below and scroll down till you get to the photos, there are a few pages of pictures & text for educational purposes that we were asked to place on this site and we add more weekly whenever we find time. You will find there photos of what we collect and sell regularly and the interesting stories behind these items we search for in remote areas of the world http://tikiroom.com/tikicentral/bb/viewtopic.php?topic=14409&forum=5 and if you want to see colorful artwork to get ideas, and ways to transform houses with no flair into Carribean hideways, check this link again on the same site for fun! http://www.tikiroom.com/tikicentral/bb/viewtopic.php?topic=16503&forum=6&4