Chinese Children's Hats
Chinese Children's Hats are found in two distinct large groupings both which are represented in this collection of fine handmade hats.The most predominate are the vintage Han Chinese Children's hats from four northern provinces of China including Shanxi, Shaanxi (Xian), Hebei, and Shandong.
Most of these hats in the collection date from early 20th century to 1950.
The second group is found among the Miao, Dong, Yi, and Bai Minority people of SW China. In the more isolated mountainous regions minority children are still wearing their protective hats today.
No matter the origin the purposes of the lovingly created hats are the same: to provide protection from evil spirits, demons, and ghosts but also to imbue the child with important qualities such as wealth, health, courage, academic success, happiness, long life, grace,and beauty.
All of the hats are full of symbolism. An excellent source of information is Stories of Chinese Children's Hats, Symbolism and Folklore by Phylis Lan Lin & Christi Lan Lin.
661 Hui Minority White Cotton Quilted Skull Cap
659 Bai Minority Girls Embroidered Crown Hat
657 Uyghur Traditional Mans Embroidered Cap
656 Hand-Embroidered Traditional Uyghur Skullcap
655 Uzbek Girls Hat Needlepoint Embroidery
654 Tu Minority Man's Folding Hat Gansu Province
630 Miao Minority Butterfly Padded Wind Hat
624 Pink Silk Dong Minority Festival Hat
622 Sweet Dong Minority Embroidered Festival Hat
620 Chinese Minority Embroidered Indigo Wind Hat
619 Round-Headed Silk Chinese Tiger Hat
618 Zhaoxing Dong Minority Girl's Hat
616 Dong Minority Long Back Festival Hat
615 Vintage Dong Minority Festival Hat
613 Geyi Miao Girl's Festival Hat
608 Eight Trigrams Silk Velvet Chinese Child's Hat
605 Silk Embroidered Flower Petal Hat
594 Sweet Flowery Hmong Applique Hat
580 Blue Silk Crown Child's Scholars Hat with Fish
577 Dong Minority Girls Hat with Buddhas
572 Golden Threads Protective Chinese Child's Wind Hat
562 Lively Blue Silk Dragon with Flowers Han Chinese Hat
559 Bai Minority Flower Wind Hat with Berries
551 Miao Girl's Festival Hat with Silver
550 Miao Ethnic Minority Padded Child's Hat
546 Embroidered Han Chinese Orange Tiger Hat
537 Dong Girl's Festival Green Silk Hat
533 Tiger Topped Embroidered Chinese Hat
530 Orange Silk Tiger Chinese Wind Hat
529 Black Silk Dog Earred Hat
525 Yi Minority Parrot Beak Hat
521 Bai Minority Girls Pomegranate/Butterfly Hat
517 Vintage Dong Minority Girls Hat Dragons withTreasure
512 Shidong Miao Peony Phoenix Wind Hat
504 Red Miao Minority Boys Cap Guizhou
503 Red Miao Child's Hat from Jianhe, Guizhou
496 Flower Belt Yi Minority Girls Hat
493 Geyi Miao Minority Embroidered Girl's Hat
468 Protective Tiger Face Baby’s Silk Hat Band
466 Bai Minority Girls Pomegranate/Butterfly Hat
465 Bai Minority Hat with Jung Balls
464 Geyi Miao Dazi Embroidered Winter Hat
463 Bai Minority Petal Hat with Hidden Tiger
462 Vintage Miao Minority Child's Hat SE Guizhou
461 Antique Bai Minority Temple Shaped Hat
460 Zhouxi Miao Minority Velvet Wind Hat
454 Padded Silk Winter Hood
448 Dong Ceremonial Long Back Hat
447 Dong Festival Long Back Hat
