Woman's hat possibly used for wedding ceremony cylindrical headband with decorative crown and cloud shaped heading. The hat has been stiffened with paper and covered with red silk satin on a head band decorated with gold couch, butterflies and flowers. this front decoration is accented with green and purple embroidery and small mirrors held in place with metal rings (shisha). The back of the head band is decorated with gold braid couched in a cloud design. On the bottomn of the head- band is a machine made aqua braid with aqua and mauve piping. Crown is a separate piece attached to the headband and has a scalloped bottom. The sides of the crown made of green silk damask with couched gold braid line design. the front and back have central panels made of red silk satin outlined in mauve, aqua, red and green braids and piping. The front of the crown has a gold couch design with the double luck characters, flowers and a bat. It is also decorated with mirrors. The heading is a stuffed cloud shape, which comes down on both sides in a curled horn shape and is attached to the top of the crown. It is made of dirty pink cotton with gold couched butterflies and double luck characters on the front and the back. It is accented with mirrors and red and green braid with red piping. Two purple silk gauze bands hang down the back and end in points. The hat is lined with light red cotton stitched on by hand.

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