538 Miao Bat Wind Hat with Immortals
Miao Minority Bat Wind Hat with the Immortals; Fully padded long backed hat of black velvet with handwoven cotton lining; top of multiple appliqué silk embroidered pieces creating a bat with gold foil couched edges; Metal Eight Immortals surrounding God of Longevity Shoux Xing on front with three bat-faced butterfly dangles on back; third quarter 20th c; excellent condition; collected by Peter Nelson in early 1990’s; Taijiang County, Guizhou Province.
Miao Minority Bat Wind Hat with the Immortals; Fully padded long backed hat of black velvet with handwoven cotton lining; top of multiple appliqué silk embroidered pieces creating a bat with gold foil couched edges; Metal Eight Immortals surrounding God of Longevity Shoux Xing on front with three bat-faced butterfly dangles on back; third quarter 20th c; excellent condition; collected by Peter Nelson in early 1990’s; Taijiang County, Guizhou Province.