Friday 21 June 2013

number hat







File:Berliner Goldhut2.jpgI saw a tall hat made of beaten metal in a museum in Berlin not so long ago. It was much taller than this and covered in circles that spiralled up its length. Almost 3 feet tall and made from a single piece of metal over a thousand years ago. It was ceremonial and the circles represented, acurately I think, a lunisola calander. Here it is ......
I think I need to draw bigger hats.

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