hat (clothing: headwear); neljäntuulenlakki

Hat. High and circular, made of blue woollen cloth with four horns at the top and a complex embroidered ribbon decoration of flowers etc. joining them. There is a wide red band at the bottom which has rows of floral and waviform ribbon sewn onto it. It is edged in green. The hat is lined in printed cotton. Dia 7" (ap.); Ht. 19".

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