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Navy and Cream Striped Sunhat
Navy and Cream Striped Sunhat
Navy and Cream Striped Sunhat

Navy and Cream Striped Sunhat

Date1950 - 1960
Object NameHat
Mediumstraw
ClassificationsFashion and Dress
DimensionsCircumference of brim: 1120mm
AcquisitionPresented in 1998 by Mrs J Arbuthnott & Miss M Farquharson.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS030108
Other Titles
  • Coolie Sunhat
About MeThis style of conical straw sun hat was popular in the 1950s.

It has alternating wide horizontal bands of navy and yellow straw.

The wide brim provides plenty of shade on summer days.
More About Me

A fashionable version of a straw hat worn by a "coolie". The term was commonly used for an unskilled labourer or porter usually from China or India and is associated with colonial exploitation with racist undertones.

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