



Black corduroy child's hat, probably worn by a boy, with gathered opening at the crown and appliquéd circles of fabric embroidered with pink flowers and yin-yang symbols. The hat has two horns and the front is embroidered with a padded yellow tiger face with ears and teeth. Three white silver plate amulets below this on the front. Lined in blue damask.
Part of The Louise Tythacott Collection . The Louise Tythacott Collection was compiled as the result of intensive fieldwork over several years in South China and Hong Kong. Ms Tythacott is a Chinese-speaking anthropologist and a museum curator, and was Curator of Ethnography at Liverpool Museum, who was particularly fortunate in developing contacts during the course of her work. Ms Tythacott has also made collections for the Museum of Mankind.