Anyone have info to share about this hat? Looks like a cantaloupe shell underneath w/makers mark

[a.gift.from.the.past]

[melda58]

Do you know for sure it's a hat?

Rita

[Anonymous]

I believe both the signature stamp and the depiction are Korean (Hangul)

[gracieallen01]

@Anonymous 

That would go along with the style of attire that the women have are wearing.  Interesting, with the women doing laundry at the river.

[maxine*j]

I can't say what it is, but I'd say that it's more like a gourd than a cantaloupe, so you might want to try using "gourd" as one of your search terms.

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[gracieallen01]

@maxine*j 

Airport Souvenir?  Contemporary commercial 'folk art'?

[argon38]

Not a hat - it's supposed to hang flat against the wall, like this:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/333516151594 

[praanj_74]

I am sure, it is a hat, which was made in Korea. I had an article about this type of hat

[argon38]

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@praanj_74 wrote:

I am sure, it is a hat, which was made in Korea. I had an article about this type of hat

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Did you check out my link? Aside from anything else, the Hanja character on the rim is (I think) 和:

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%92%8C 

The character is upside-down in the photo because the object is wrongly oriented - it's a wall-hanging, not a hat.

[maxine*j]

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@argon38 wrote:

Not a hat - it's supposed to hang flat against the wall, like this:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/333516151594 

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BINGO!   You nailed it.

I figured if "gourd" were added to the search terms, this thing could be identified.  I was just disinclined to do it myself.   Now if OP will search on something like Korean gourd wall hanging  or Korean carved gourd wall hanging,  I imagine many will show up.

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[a.gift.from.the.past]

Thank you all very much!!  You’ve all been very helpful in figuring out what this is.  I was told by a “Chinese” co-worker that it appeared to him to be Korean w/Kanji characters.  So he was right about that after all... he just wasn’t 100% certain about it, and that’s why I decided to post it here to see what the general consensus was. Thanks again 😊