Asian Bamboo Hats

Andrew · 30th May 2014, 08:00 PM

Lee:

Conical hats like this are found throughout East Asia and, particularly, SEA. It may well be difficult to assign a direct origin to your example. Here is a photo from Wikipedia of all sorts of hats in a Chinese market. The ones stacked on the far left look similar to your's.

Yours looks Thai to me (and to my Thai friend who I shared your photos with). Here is a website selling a very similarly constructed hat (albeit not as well-made as your example):

http://www.thaicraftwarehouse.com/tc...p?fashid=51823

Best,
A

Andrew · 31st May 2014, 01:53 AM

I was hasty with my last post--pure ignorance is to blame.

Now that I look at Lee's example on my large home monitor, it is apparant the similarities to the pedestrian examples I noted are superficial.

A beautiful and skillfully crafted hat.

30th May 2014, 08:00 PM	#1
Andrew Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: USA Posts: 1,725	Lee: Conical hats like this are found throughout East Asia and, particularly, SEA. It may well be difficult to assign a direct origin to your example. Here is a photo from Wikipedia of all sorts of hats in a Chinese market. The ones stacked on the far left look similar to your's. Yours looks Thai to me (and to my Thai friend who I shared your photos with). Here is a website selling a very similarly constructed hat (albeit not as well-made as your example): http://www.thaicraftwarehouse.com/tc...p?fashid=51823 Best, A Attached Images

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31st May 2014, 01:53 AM	#2
Andrew Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: USA Posts: 1,725	I was hasty with my last post--pure ignorance is to blame. Now that I look at Lee's example on my large home monitor, it is apparant the similarities to the pedestrian examples I noted are superficial. A beautiful and skillfully crafted hat.