The World of Hat: Museum of Ethnic and Traditional Headdress in Riga

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Topi (Patel, India )

A children's headdress for festive ceremonies, made of coloured wool and decorated, as almost everything in this part...

Headband (Hmong, Vietnam)

This bandage is never worn without a kerchief, mostly of similar colors. Judging by the color pattern, the bandage,...

Warrior's Hat (Naga, Birma)

The Naga tribes, living in the mountainous regions of the Indo-Burmese border, were successfully hunting for heads of...

Perak (Ladakh, India)

This rare and expensive headdress was acquired in the Himalayan region of Ladakh (India); apparently, it used to be a...

Warrior's hat (Kachin, Burma)

The headgear woven from hard cane is a mandatory accessory of warriors of the Ravang tribe relating to the Kachin...

Duo (Tampulma, Togo)

The ethnic group of the Tampulma (or tammariba, as they call themselves) live in northern Togo, where they recently...

Keffiyeh and Agal (Arabs, Syria, Jordan)

The famous Arabic headscarf has many names in the Middle East. It is called keffiyeh, shemagh, Guthrie, hatta, etc. It...

Natio/Moshlo (Rajput, India)

The region of Kutch in Gujarat, India, is inhabited by numerous large and small ethnic groups, each of them has their...

Kupas (Kalasha, Pakistan)

The small Kalasha people live in Chitral district of the North Western Province of Pakistan; they have preserved their...

Borik (Turkmen, Turkmenistan)

Turkmen skullcaps ( they call those the tahya) come in all shapes and varieties, depending on the era of production,...

Povoynik (Russians, Russia)

The variant of povoinik from Bryansk is the headdress of married women; it is actually a broad bandage with a cape over...

Helmet (Frafra, Ghana)

The mysterious helmet with ox horns is made by craftsmen of the Frafra ethnic group inhabiting the north west of Ghana...

Caretta (Sards, Italy)

The Sardinian costume contains elements from Italian, Spanish and Moorish traditions, probably this is why it is so...

Modianyewo (Sotho, Lesotho)

Very recently the traditional Sotho headdress was mainly worn by judges and chiefs, who used to sing the ‘mokorotlo’...

Ochipok (Ukrainians, Ukraine)

Ochipok (cognate to the Russian word chepetz (cap)) - the headdress of married women in the Ukraine. The ochipoks for...

Chepets (Russians, Russia)

A silk girl’s cap. The bonnet was a common headdress for children, but at home it could be worn by adult women as well...

Women's cap (Dao Son Dau, Vietnam)

The small group of the Dao people, also called the Dao Son Dau lives in the province of Enbai of northern Vietnam. The...

Headscarf (Flower Hmong, Vietnam)

The Flower or Striped Hmong living in the province of Lao Cai of northern Viet Nam, are so named because of bright...

Soroka with mokhry (Ukrainians, Ukraine)

The soroka is a widespread headdress of married women in Russia and Ukraine. Here inthe Sumy region of Ukraine it was...

Wedding headdress (Miao, China)

Once a girl is born into the Miao family in the region of Guangxi in southern China, the parents immediately begin...

Chiwara (Bambara, Mali)

The Bambara people ( Bamana ) is one of the largest in the African country of Mali ; there are several kinds of the...

Kabor Fulli (Bassar, Togo)

The Bassar people (or Nchama ) speak the language of the Gur family and live in northern Togo in West Africa. However,...

Ayir kalpak (Kazakhs, Kazakhstan)

The ayir kalpak is a high woolen headdress with bent rims lined from inside by thin cloth and decorated by a more...

Headband (Apache, USA)

The headband has always been the traditional Apache headdress, for both men and women. They placed it rather low on the...

Sorka (Erzya Mordva, Russia, Mordovia)

The costume is made in the first half of the 20th century and is thought to originate from the Tengushevsky district of...

Sombrero Calañés (Spanish, Spain)

This black round-brimmed velvet hat became quite famous across Spain despite the fact it is only typical for the small...

Apun (Nanai, Russia )

The winter women’s hats with a very long and drawn back neck flap and a knob on top. This traditional hat clearly...

Cepure (Latvians, Latvia)

This type of hat was the most widespread headdress for married women of Eastern Europe. In Baltic lands, it was usually...

Kongkong (Kalau) (Ifugao, Philippines)

Another example of man’s headgear of the famous Ifugao, headhunters from the island of Luzon, the Philippines. It is...

Warrior headdress (Dani, Indonesia (Papua))

This ceremonial warrior headdress of the Dani tribe I bought at a local bazaar in the town of Wamena, located in the...

Suklong (Ifugao, Philippines)

Suklong is a small round cap with a flat or convex top, common among the peoples of the island of Luzon. Made from...

Panama (Quechua, Peru)

The Colca canyon in southern Peru is the deepest canyon in the world (4160 m), which is almost twice as deep as the...

Luhe (Norwegians, Norway)

The variation of the Lower Norwegian aube, which was once widespread throughout Central, Northern and Western parts of...

Fesi (Greeks, Greece)

Fesi is the traditional and most popular headgear in Greece; it is a cap with a red tassel related to the Turkish fez....

Sindhi Topi (Balochi,Sindhi, Pakistan)

The magnificent in its beauty and gold embroidery traditional cap of the Sindhi people living in India and Pakistan,...

Krakuska (Poles, Poland)

A peculiar hat with four prominent corners - krakuska - is an integral part of the national costume of residents of the...

Hat (Americans, USA)

Do you remember the dialogue from the movie about our contemporaries, who, all of a sudden, found themselves in the Old...

Labbade (Lebanese, Lebanon)

The cylindrical headdress made of camel wool is typical for different regions of the Middle East: it is such...

Liinik (Estonians, Estonia)

The similar fashion of women’s headdress of cylindrical shape is common throughout the Baltic States, and in the...

Hat (Lao, Laos)

This is another type of a peasant headdress made of bamboo; such a headdress is fairly common in Laos and Burma,...

Non La (Vietnamese, Vietnam)

Unlike the neighboring peoples, the Vietnamese don’t make their "Nón lá” conical hats from tied crosswise bamboo stalks...

Caretta (Sards, Italy)

The Sardinian costume contains elements from Italian, Spanish and Moorish traditions, probably this is why it is...

Shamshura (Russians, Russia)

Max Fasmer, compiler of the etymological dictionary of Russian clearly opined about the origin of the word "shamshura...

Shushut (Kalasha, Pakistan)

One of the two types of women's headwear of the unique Kalasha people who live in isolation in northern Pakistan; they...

Duppi (Uzbeks, Uzbekistan)

Certainly not less than half of the people on the streets of the old Uzbek cities of Samarkand and Bukhara wear duppi...

Calabash (Hamar, Tsamay, Ethiopia)

Calabash is kind of gourd that has a very broad use across Sub-Saharah Africa. In the absence of metal and plastic...

Povoynik (Russians, Russia )

A beautiful sample handmade by craftsmen of Ryazan, a povoynik of a rich countrywoman is decorated with almost a...

Hante (Vietnamese, Vietnam)

Hante is a wedding headdress of Vietnamese brides. Its equivalent for a groom is called mute and is a bit tighter and...

Kwan (Koreans, Korea)

Kwan literally means "hat". This simple cap is put on an adolescent who becomes an adult man.The simplest of men's hats...

Kongkong (Kala) (Ifugao, Philippines)

Undoubtedly, this hat used to belong to a shaman or some cult priest. The Ifugao people, of course, were considered the...

Keffiyeh (Yemeni Arabs, Yemen)

This amusing headwear, apparently belonged to the kadi (judge) or an imam ( Muslim priest ) somewhere in the western...

Surban/Sarband (Wakhi, Pakistan)

.A girl's headband made of cotton with silk embroidery worn for a wedding ceremony or as part of the festive costume....

Polotentsya (Mordva, Russia (Mordovia))

The polotentsya, as its name says, is a borrowing from the Russian traditional costume. It is a 2-meter-long piece of...

Pongot (Ifugao, Philippines)

An elegant headgear made of the inner layer of bark; it is adorned with large red beads and horsehair at the edges....

Trachtenhut (Bavarian Germans, Germany, Bavaria)

Black hat is perhaps the most common headdress of the traditional costume of the European nations. However, first it...

Soroka (Russians, Russia, Kaluga)

Kirov region of Kaluga oblast, late 19th - early 20th century. Made from factory blue denim with red floral pattern,...

Headband (Toraja, Indonesia)

This narrow headband is part of the traditional costume of young girls and not married young women in the Tana Toraja...

Chullo (Quechua, Peru)

The word "chullo” comes from the language of the Aymara Indians, living for centuries in high Andes in southern Peru...

Papaq (Azerbaijani, Azerbaijan)

The word "papakh”(fur hat) according to the Etymological dictionary of the Russian language by M.Fasmer has the...

Straw Hat (Arakanese, Burma)

This is another unusual type of reed hats adorning the heads of millions of residents in Southeast Asia. They make such...

Lisam (Touareg, Mali)

The famous Lisam of the Tuareg of the great desert of Sahara (it is worn by other peoples of the desert, other names...

Ade Ileke (Yoruba, Nigeria)

This is a huge crown with an inner part made of thin cow skin, with heavily embroidered surface and decorated by...

Dafar (Burushaski, Pakistan)

Children's cap, which would be first put on the baby's head during special ceremony of giving a name. In the...

Sombrero (Mexicans, Mexico)

The concept of a hat, as it is known, was brought to Europe as early as the Mongols invasion in the 13th century. The...

Montero (Quechua, Peru)

The Quechua from across the region gather at the weekly market of the town of Chinchero in the province of Urubamba of...

Silkme Telpek (Turkmens, Turkmenistan)

The looks of the hat, common among semi-nomadic cattle breeding peoples of Central Asia, is significantly different...

Ciehgahpir (Saami, Norway, Finnmark)

The Four Wind hat - such original hairdress is worn by Saami men, who live in three northern countries: in the Kola...

Crown of the shaman (Thai, Vietnam)

This shaman headgear comes from the Hazyang province in northern Vietnam. Its top is emblazoned with a decoration...

Palaria (Romanians, Romania)

In Maramures, a small area in the northern part of Romania, the national costumes are still worn every day, especially...

Hachimaki (Japanese, Japan)

The name of this white or colored headband is literally translated as “head wrap “, and it is known since ancient times...

Kroma (Khmer, Cambodia)

Checked piece of cloth in reddish colours is the most widespread headdress of Khmer peasants which allows not only...

Tam o’ Shanter (Scots, Scotland)

A small tartan bonnet with a wide band and a toorie (pom-pom) acquired its name from the eponymous poem by Robert Burns...

Shawl (Swahili, Tanzania)

A coloured shawl is both the headdress and a cover for women in the island of Zanzibar. They choose the brightest...

Kup (Intha, Birma)

Strictly speaking, it is not made of bamboo, but of the other, denser plant species, common on swampy shores of Lake...

Foue nantaise (Bretons, France)

These hats are part of the national costume in Brittany (my sample was made in the city of Saint-Thegonnec in the west...

Kokoshnik (Russians, Russia (Nizhny Novgorod))

The Sechenov district of the Nizhny Novgorod region, 19th century. It consists of slightly convex bottom, passing to...

Mo wedding headdress (Black Hmong, Vietnam (Son La))

The wedding headdress of the Black Hmong of the Son La province was originally a shawl bent around the head, but...

Monteira (Portuguese, Portugal)

This stylish men’s hat was acquired in a small fishermen’s Gala village in the west of Portugal. We could not find any...

Lovuz (Torgut Oirats, Mongolia)

One of the most traditional types of men's winter hat in Mongolia is the lovuz, which is a quilted, and trimmed with...

Women's hat (, Central Asia)

This woolen headdress of an interesting shape was discovered on the old bazaar of Istanbul. The seller could not tell...

Pumpkin hat (Gaddang, Philippines)

Use of pumpkin shells for making hats is quite common for Africa, but in the Philippines, this method also can reliably...

Carapuça (Madeirans, Portugal (Madeira))

The carapuça is an old headdress which spread in Madeira in the late 18th century influenced by Portuguese models....

Lace bonnet (Dutch, Netherlands)

Who is unaware of Dutch lace? There was a time when every housewife dreamt of overcome her neighbours by creating...

Bride's fes (Macedonians, North Macedonia)

Under the Greek influence in Macedonia the cap is called fez; in different variations it is worn by both men and women...

Hat (Boholano, Philippiness)

The Boholano are indigenous people of the island of Bohol in the center of the Philippine archipelago. Like other small...

Barrette preto (portugāļi, Portugāle)

In Portugal, there are two types of barrette hats, one of which is the so-called barrette verde (translated from...

Wedding tyubetey (Turkmens, Turkmenistan)

A Turkmen man or woman wears the tyubetey for all his or her life, but the style is changing through years. Only brides...

Felt hat (Moravian Vlachs, Czech)

The Vlachs are a subgroup of the Gypsies, now living in the eastern part of the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary....

Children's cap (Dong, China)

Child's cap, worn on children of both genders during religious or village festivities. Made of cotton and silk with a...

Shimaksh (Mari, Russia)

Canvas, hand embroidery, satin at the bottom of the back flap, silk embroidery on the edges decorated with hand-crafted...

Gargush (Yemeni Jews, Yemen)

In Yemen the gargush was worn by the Jewish girls and married women. This sample pertains to the early 19th century; it...

Tenngade (Fulani, Dogons, Mali)

The Fulani are a cattle-breeding people of Atlantic origin, common during migrations across West Africa can be found in...

Sombrero Cordobés (Spanish, Spain)

The tradition of wearing the wide brimmed hat in Andalucia dates back to the 17th century. Then, it was only worn by...

Shovgor (Mongols, Buryats, Mongolia, Buryatia)

This headpiece is common among the Mongols and Buryats (the latter call it shobogor): a peaked hat with vertical...

Felt hat (Gorals, Poland)

The Gorals is the self-designation of a small ethnic group of Poles living in the highlands near the town of Zakopane,...

Katsouli (Macedonian Greeks, North Macedonia)

This vibrant headdress of the peasants is made of goat hair and has a high peaked crown and a pronounced part on the...

Women's hat (Swazi, Swaziland)

The rigid woolen hat of the Swazi women seems to duplicate their hair. And probably, this was the snese behind it. This...

Malgay (Mongols, Mongolia)

"Just a malgay", that’s what the Mongols called this hat for me to distinguish it from various other types of malgays....

Chi-Wara (Bambara, Mali)

A rare type of the horizontal chi-wara: the headdress of male dancers which symbolizes the Antelope-Man who once taught...

Montero (Quechua, Peru)

The Pitumarka district in the province of Kanchis of the region of Cusco in southern Peru has the population of 8000...

Head band (Pankarare, Brazil)

This head band made of grass is a part of quickly disappearing traditional costume of the small people of Pankarare...

Borushka (Russians, Russia )

The bottom and backdrop are made of silk; headband is made of woolen fabric with hand embroidery of vegetable and...

Karuna (Lithuanians, Lithuania)

In Lithuania the karuna is the name of a headdress of young women, which is very well known throughout Eastern Europe....

Barretina (Catalans, Spain)

The tradition of wearing the long sleeve-cap existed in the Mediterranean even in the Antique epoch. In the Middle Ages...

Strochka (Ukrainians, Ukraine )

The headdress, made of cardboard-framed red cotton cloth, is reminiscent of the Russian soroka in the form made in...

Shepherd's hat (Amhara, Ethiopia)

One of the largest people of Ethiopia, the Amhara, mainly inhabit highlands. In the central part of the country the...

Turban Safa (Rajasthani, India)

Turbans of the Indian Rajasthan peasants are real works of art. Sometimes its real palaces of colored cotton fabric...

Topi (Indians, India)

This usual for Asian Muslim man’s headwear has a pronounced Indian flavor and comes from the Ganges valley. The Indian...

Kelepush (Tatars, Russia,Tatarstan)

Kelepush is one of the two varieties of the traditional Tatar skullcap that the Kazan Tatars usually make of black or...

Pakol (Pashtun, Afganistan)

Pakol, pakul, pakkul or chitrali topi: this headdress made of sheep wool ihas various names. It is worn by the...

Headband (Shan, Birma)

The headpiece of the Shan, the people of northern Burma and Thailand, consists of the stitched-together forehead...

Pottmyuts (Estonians, Estonia)

It is very likely that the prototype of this kind of headdress was the kokoshnik of Central Russia, but now pottmyuts (...

Vainags (Latvians, Latvia)

This type of crown or wreath (the Latvian vainags) pertains to the southwestern part of Latvia (Nitsa, Barta, and...

Headscarf (Yemeni Arabs, Yemen)

This headdress is a sort of headscarf with ties at the back and has a long rear part. It is made of black denim, but...

Sharshaf (Yemeni Arabs or Jews, Yemen)

This kind of shawl wiht a lot of pendants was created to be worn by respectable person in a village: most probably a...

Sehra (Sindhi, Pakistan)

Villagers of some districts of Pakistan tend to cover the face of the groom during the wedding festivities. Dancers...

Dancer's Headdress (Sepik river people, Papua, Sepik river valley)

This headdress decorated with wild pig's tusks and feathers of the cassowary is made for ritual dancing ceremony and...

Guche (Dorze, Ethiopia)

This head bandage I purchased from a performer of traditional dances of the Dorze people, who lives in southern...

Montera (Spanish, Spain)

Since 1832, when the famous toreador Francisco "Pakiro” Montes put on Montera, this black hat replaced Tricorne as the...

Head band (Bai, China, Yunnan)

The Bai people of South China got their name (Chinese “white”) because of their costume where snow white colour...

Fam Tsing (Dao in tight pants, Vietnam)

Fam Tsing is the name of shaman's crown among the Dao. A small ethnic group of the Dao of people living in the province...

Ceremonial Headdress (Balinese, Indonesia (Bali))

This intricate headdress is made of repousse metal and decorated by real female hair. Bali is the island of Hinduists...

Blangkon (Javanese, Indonesia)

In the very heart of the Republic of Indonesia there is still a real, formally independent monarchy. The Sultan of...

Sesia (Berbers, Morocco)

The wide-brim hat appeared in North Africa together with European conquistadors. However, the woolen pompons and...

Headscarf (Lenca, Honduras)

he Lenca people borrowed woolen dress from the Spanish, but this cheched ornament and reddish / pinkish colours became...

Gorra de Montehermoso (Spanish, Spain)

It is considered the most traditional headware of the region of Extremadura in western Spain. Some scientists date the...

Ceremonial headdress (Toraja, Indonesia)

I know very little about the purpose of this amusing headgear and where it belongs. It was purchased in a village shop...

Shawl (Russians, Russia )

A shawl from the famous Baranov manufacture was a symbol of the Russian costume of the late 19th century. The red...

Koruna (Russians, Russia)

The Northern version of the maiden dressings common all over Russia is most luxurious. Cardboard base, inside lining of...

Head mask (Embera, Panama)

The Embera people are one of the last in Central America who preserved traditional culture. Masked dance are rarely...

Hei Huruhuru (Rapanui, Chile (Easter Island))

This traditional headdress is made for traditional female dancers at ceremonies. Nowadays the traditional material (it...

Kullu Topi (Kashmiri, Kului, India )

A curious headdress is a part of the traditional costume of various ethnic groups of Himachal Pradesh. The tightly...

Liinik / Tanu (Estonians, Estonia)

The cap was made on a small Baltic island of Kihnu where ferry calls only once a day, and maybe because of that the...

Shawl (Yemeni Arabs, Yemen)

Huge shawls made from the finest wool with hand embroidery in silk are the pride of any Yemeni. At the autumn festival...

Man's hat (Dogon, Mali)

The Dogon are one of the most mysterious people of West Africa, who live a fairly isolated life on a small plateau in...

Wedding headdress (Flower Hmong, Vietnam)

Ladies of the tribe of the flower (or striped) Hmong in the Lao Cai province in Vietnam are very proud of this...

Warrior's helmet (Naga, Burma)

The Naga people, living at the border between India and Burma in the southern spurs of the Himalayas, have the lowest...

Cepure (Latvians, Latvia)

The region, to which this women’s headdress pertains is western Vidzeme, the central part of Latvia. The form of the...

Headband (Russians, Russia )

The population of Pinyega is only 3 thousand people, but this small village has become one of the last sanctuaries of...

Wedding headdress (Afghanis, Afghanistan)

The origin and purpose of the Afghan headdress, which can be found in small shops in the bazaars of the Middle East is...

Hiuru (Nukuria, Papua New Guinea)

The small atoll of Nukuria is located in the Pacific Ocean, within a two days’ journey by boat from the island of...

Wedding helmet (Nuristanis, Afghanistan)

Helmets as a wedding headdress of women are very common all over the Middle East. However, this sample, which belongs...

Maiden cap (Dao Lo Gang, Vietnam)

The Dao Lo Gang ethnic group lives in the highlands at the junction of the provinces Langson and Bakzyang. Young women...

Warrior's helmet (Asmat, Indonesia )

The Asmat people live in the hard-accessed region on the southwest of New Guinea. They enjoy high attention of scholars...

Bousani (Yemeni Jews, Yemen)

After the mass exodus of Yemenite Jews to Israel on the shelves of antique shops of Sana accumulated tons of elegant...

Ras al-muhmuh (Yemeni Arabs, Yemen)

The Ras al-muhmuh is not really a headdress, but only part of it. It covers head so that, when worn under a shawl, it...

Isichocho (Zulu, South Africa)

Men's headband on a leather base made of the fur of the impala, one of the fastest and most beautiful dwellers of the...

Kokoshnik (Russians, Russia, Nizhny Novgorod)

The kokoshnik of velvet with a forehead peace of brocade is a headdress of a rich married woman. It was covered by a...

Hat (Bretons, France)

This interesting hat belongs to the second half of the 19th century and it was produced in the workshop of Quimper in...

Baby’s cap (Zhuang, China)

Child’s cap made of velvet and silk on a quilted lining. Decorated by flowers in silk. The back part protects the neck...

Suklong (Bontoc, Philippines)

Suklong or falaca is a small round cap with a flat or convex top, common among the peoples of the island of Luzon. Made...

Headscarf (Red Dao, Vietnam)

This is a gorgeous headpiece of older women of the Red Dao people living in the Lao Cai province of northern Vietnam,...

Tasak (Armenians, Armenia)

Men's wool cap of thick dark brown shades with a flat or slightly convex top called the tasak in Armenia. The top is...

San Cosmeiro (Galicians, Spain)

Women's headdress from the small village of San Cosme de Barreiros, lost on the Atlantic coast of Galicia in northern...

Women's hat (Kachin, Birma)

Kachin (or Tszinpo, as they are called in China) are the people of Tibeto-Burman origin living in the Chinese province...

Pinnmüts (Saaremaa, Estonia)

On the islands west of Estonia the traditional attire is still a part of everyday culture, and antique shops...

Cepure (Latvians, Livs, Latvia)

The Livs are a Finno-Ugric people, once residing around the coast of the eastern Baltic, now virtually disappeared from...

Montero (Quechua , Peru)

Each of the 13 provinces of a small region of Cusco in southern Peru has its own intricate costume that is worn by the...

Headscarf (Pа-O, Burma)

The checkered pattern scarves of red, pink or orange shades are worn by women of the ethnic Pa-O living on the swampy...

Topi (Rabari, India)

Topi is the common name for a variety of styles of headwear for women in Gujarat, India. This kind of headwear pertains...

Vainags (Latvians, Latvia)

In Latvia not only each district, but, perhaps, almost every town has its own distinctive costume. While garments of...

Manduhay-malgay (Mongols, Mongolia)

This headdress is called Manduhay, after the name of a Mongolian duchess of the 15-16 century; she remains very popular...

Women's cap (Akha, Thailand)

The Akha people are related to the Kachin of Burma, but their traditional garment stands out of those of the other...

Povoynik (Russians, Russia )

Povoynik is largely a conditional name; this term denotes numerous kinds of headdresses, which have different shapes...

Fam Tsing (Nung, Vietnam)

This huge headdress comes from the Cao Bang province in northern Vietnam, where it used to belong to a shaman of the...

Heandband (Chin Zahaung, Birma)

One of the most secretive and unusual state of Burma is the State of Chin populated by the people who still preserve...

Perak ( Zanskar, India, Zanskar)

The traditional women's costume for special occasions in the Indian Himalayan regions of Ladakh and Zanskar always...

Bonnet (Chinese, China)

These silk hats were a part of the traditional costume during the Manchu dynasty rule in China (before 1911), hence the...

Barrete verde (Portuguese, Portugal)

This peasant cap gave the name to the holiday in Alcochete famous all over Portugal, which lasts the whole second week...

Kalfak (Kazan Tatars, Russia )

The Kalfak of the Kazan Tatars is the ancient and famous headdress preserved in local costume, even when the “city...

Suklong (Philipinos, Philippines)

Suklong is a small round cap with a flat or convex top, common among the peoples of the island of Luzon. Made from...

Kapa (Serbs, Serbia)

Cylindric caps are widespread across the Balkans, and most ethnic groups call them kapa. The Serbian variety is tall...

Tanu (Estonians, Estonia)

This rather small headdress is secured on the head with pins. The west coast of Estonia, on the small island of Muhu...

Bigouden (Bretons, France)

Here is an amazing example of how the name of headwear gave the name to a populated area. In the extreme west of...

Warrior's headdress (Sioux, USA (Minnesota))

A pearl of our collection: the unique headdress of a famed warrior of the Sioux. It was made of armadillo's skin and...

Wedding headscarf (Dien Bien Thai, Vietnam)

The woman's headdress of the ethnic black Tai (the Tai–Kadai language family), living in small communities in northern...

Headscarf (Greeks, Greece (Thrace))

The Greek bride’s costume is traditionally very glamorous and multi-layered and sometimes so heavy that the bride can...

Tirolerhut (Tyrolese, Austria)

Tyrolean hat of green suede with lace around the base and the feather or brush on one side became popular in Germany in...

Kola (Pashto, Pakistan)

This cap is used for wrapping a turban. The golden embroidery is done by hand with a special thread called tila. This...

Horsehair helmet (, Indonesia)

This curious headdress of unknown origin was bought on a small street mart in Jakarta. The seller knew only that it...

Chaping (Javanese, Indonesia)

Straw hats in various forms and under different names are common throughout the East and South-East Asia; they are made...

Gorro de peregrino (Spanish, Spain)

Nowadays as before pilgrims visit monastery Santiago de Compostela on foot from all across Europe. And a special dress...

Sheshir/Titovka (Serbs, Serbia)

This is the headgear of the Serbian military and old farmers. In recent decades it has become a symbol of the Serbian...

Tangkulwak (Minangkabau, Indonesia)

The population of the Minanga or Minangkabau people living in the central Malaysia and western part of Indonesian...

Women's headdress (Akha, Thailand)

The Akha people are related to the Kachin of Burma, but their traditional garment stands out of those of the other...

Wedding headdress (Pan Yao, China)

This is not a headdress, but only part of it! For the wedding of the ethnic Pan-Yao woman, who lives in the district of...

Tebetey (Kyrghyz, Kyrghyzstan)

Exceptionally severe winters in Central Asia resulted in a style of popular headwear made of fur of a steppe fox or (...

Sherdak (Turkmens, Turkmenistan)

The winter men's cap made of solid leather and covered by sheep's wool which is to protect from severe winter frost in...

Folle (Oromo, Ethiopia)

The Oromo is Ethiopia 's largest nation; they make such caps of greige skins of the olive baboon, which explains their...

Berk (Qashqai, Iran)

The Turkic-speaking Qashqai nomads inhabit the provinces of Fars, Khuzestan and Isfahan in southwestern Iran. They...

Dolas (Hadrami, Yemen)

This disproportionately high straw hat is a traditional headdress of the Bedouin shepherdesses of Hadhramaut, a region...

Isicholo (Zulu, South Africa)

/*-->*/ This type of headgear was originally a hairdo, but at this time it is sewn from a fabric on a dense basis....

Kuffia (Hausa, Nigeria)

The headdress of Muslims in West Africa is a tight cylindric hat made usually of cloth. In North Nigeria the material...

Songkok (Javanese, Indonesia (Java))

The songkok or peci or kopiah is a cap widely worn by Muslim men in Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei, in the southern...

Kichka (Russians, Russia, Ryazan)

The kika or kichka was a name of an Old Russian headdress, known since the 14th century, stemming apparently from a...

Ak Kalpak (Kyrghyz, Kyrghyzstan)

The kalpak or cap is mentioned in ancient chronicles: in the Middle Ages, this headdress with a high tapering upward...

Headscarf (Black Hmong, Laos)

The Black Hmong inhabit the mountainous regions of northern Laos and Vietnam, by language and culture they are similar...

Kapica (Albanians, Albania)

The Albanian word "kapica” is, of course, a borrowing from the proto-Slavic "kapa", i.e. cap, it’s exactly what the...

Headband (Karimojong, Uganda)

The headband is often the only men's headware in East Africa. It mostly serves not for protecting the head but for...

Papakha (Moldovans, Romania, Moldova)

Papakha - headwear of pastoralists of Central Asia, and from there it comes to Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages....

Montero (Quechua, Peru)

Yanaoka is a small area of the province of Canas in the region of Cusco in southern Peru. The variety of Montero...

Kultepeshek (Turkmens, Afganistan)

This helmet-type headdress with pendants and a piece of cloth sewn behind is common among the nomads of Central Asia -...

Soroka (Russians, Russia, Kursk)

The Kursk version of soroka stands out among the women’s headdresses of the average Russian areas. This headdress...

Oshpu (Mari, Russia (Mariy El))

Headdress of the ethnic meadow Mari, worn only by married women. Ethnographers note association of the name with the...

Licka cap (Croats, Croatia)

This headdress is worn by men of Lika region in central Croatia. History of the region is full of military exploits:...

Yuden (Oirat, Mongolia)

This is what looks like the everyday headgear of the nomadic Oirats people of the Derbety Clan living in the western...

Sikke (Turks, Turkey)

Today the sikke or kyula wear mostly the famous whirling dervishes of the Muslim Sufi Order. This high hat is made from...

Baby’s cap (Oi, Laos)

Baby hats are a special kind of products of the peoples of Southeast Asia, their design is nothing like that of men’s...

Povoynik (Russians, Russia )

This povoynik was usually called the "tailed povoynik". It is sewn from pink satin, the headband on blue cloth is...

Nuqba (Socotri, Yemen )

Socotra is a special world. On this island in the Arabian Sea live the people, unlike the Arabs or the Somalis. In...

Tuhya (Chuvash, Russia, Chuvashia)

The Chuvash girl’s headdress, which is called ‘tuhya’ sort of repeats the rounded contours of the head, standing out...

Baby's cap (Miao, China (Guizhou))

People of South China and Indochina love adorning their babies during the festivities, but children's costume is often...

Vedding headband (Dao Dai Ban, Vietnam)

The Dao Dai Ban belong to the so-called Red Dao; they are a large subgroup of the people inhabiting regions of southern...

Women's headdress (Dao Tien, Vietnam)

One of the subgroups of the Dao people (also called Mien or Yao) is called "Coin Dao” (Dao Tien) due to the numerous...

Incaj Chullo (aimara, Peru)

A woolen cap for children is made of alpaca and ideally fits the frosty mountainous climate of Lake Titicaca region in...

Cepure (Latvians, Latvia)

The traditional hat of wool, dyed in black or dark brown, is common throughout Latvia, its variants differ only...

Water-seller Hat (Moroccans, Morocco)

Water-seller is one of the oldest and most important professions in the cities of North Africa where the heat in summer...

Lungi (Hazaras, Afganistan)

The famous turban, which usually appears in the media worn by the famous head of the Taliban, Mullah Omar, is a sheet...

Bareta (Croats, Croatia)

The traditional headdress of the Dalmatians is called the Barrett or the tsrvenkapa (i.e. the red cap), and both men...

Perevyazka (Russians, Russia, )

Girls festive headress. Made of cotton with elements of brocade fabric, pendants on each side are made of brocade yarn...

Dyshe pa'o (Adyghe, Russia)

These headdresses wear the Circassian women and close to them Kabardians (where it is called dysche pye). It is a high...

Hushpu (Chuvash, Russia)

This headdress of eastern Chuvashia, stored and altered for several centuries. The Russian silver coins, sewn on the...

Isaba (Yemeni Arabs, Yemen)

Apparently isaba is only a part of a rather complex headdress of women of the Tihama region of Yemen. Head should...

Headscarf (Dao Quan Trang (Dao in white pants), Vietnam)

This is a casual kerchief of one of the many subgroups of the Dao people, living in the Vietnamese province of Yen Bai...

Woman's cap (Palaung, Burma)

A festive cap is made of velvet and decorated by woolen pompons and threads, as well as glossy objects. It is usually...

Janjin-malgay (Khalkha Mongols, Mongolia)

Hats in Mongolia have traditionally been of great importance. People would take off their hats only when they went to...

Sombrero (Catalans, Spain)

Today sombrero is usually associated with Mexican peasants and Latin America. However, wide-brimmed straw hat was...

Indoni (Rabari, India)

In the Indian tradition carrying water from the well to the house is essentially women’s job and buckets here are...

Montero (Quechua, Peru)

It is in Raqchi in Kanchis province in southern Peru, where one of the main shrines of the ancient Incas, the huge...

Fez (Arabs, Egypt)

In the Ottoman epoch the Turkish fez (which was originally an ancient headdress of the Balkans and North Africa) spread...

Sombrero (Cubans, Cuba)

A hat made of banana leaf is common not only in Cuba (where this the sample was bought), but also other Antillean...

Child cap ( Dao Tien (Coin Dao), Vietnam)

This unusual cap found on flea market in Hanoi belongs to the so-called "Coin Dao”(Dao Tien), which is one of the...

Kapor (Russians, Russia, Samara)

A very common headdress of urban women all over Russia since the early 19th century. It originates from a cap, worn by...

Ti'i langga (Rote, Indonesia)

These hats are more like sculptures and reach the height of 50-60 cm; they are still part of the national costume of...

Wedding headscarf (Nung, Vietnam)

The costumes of each of the peoples of northern Vietnam differ not only by style, but also by colors and composition of...

Headscarf (Black Dao, Vietnam)

Bought on the market of Bak Ha in the far north of Vietnam, this headscarf is a curious piece of work. It is almost...

Ocaguata ( Waorani, Ecuador)

The Waorani people live in the tropical rainforests of Ecuador. Big chunks of their homeland are restricted for...

Domu (Dogon, Mali)

This item, of course, is primarily a mask and used for ritual purposes. However, it is worn on the head, which makes it...

Headband (Black Hmong, Vietnam)

The black Hmong people who are inhabitants of highlands living in the Lao Cai province of northern Vietnam, has no...

Xamo Gyaise (Tibetans, Tibet)

The name of this summer hat comes from four symmetrical U-shaped flaps, making this piece look like the treukh; it is a...

Paykka (Karelians, Russia, Karelia)

Headwear of the Karels, like the rest of their costume, was strongly influenced by the Russian culture. Most elements...

Chullo (Quechua, Peru)

The island of Taquile in the center of the famous mountain lake Titicaca in Peru is populated by a small number of...

Wedding headscarf (Dao Quan Chet , Vietnam)

The name of this group of the Dao people, is the Dao Huan Chet, which in Vietnamese literally means "Dao in tight pants...

Hat (Ladakh, India)

High quilted hat of cylindrical shape with upturned brims at sides and rear and can serve a fine protection of a woman’...

Shawl (Yemeni Arabs, Yemen)

Huge shawls made from the finest wool with hand embroidery in silk are the pride of any Yemeni. At the autumn festival...

Museum News

Happy New Year!

Christmas atmosphere in ethnic museum “The World of Hat”. Lets make a Christmas tree decoration together!

Come to the museum from 26th to 29th of December and in a cozy atmosphere with tea and gingerbread together with artist...

Private event in the museum!

On 23rd of June museum has a holiday! We wish you a happy Midsummer festival!

After we will work as usual: Wednesday to Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm. Welcome!

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Müts (Estonians)

A woolen skull cap is a useful thing in the severe climate of Estonian islands. In Muhu, it is traditionally worn...

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Chief's Headdress (Sumba)

It is hard to say where this intricate shape of headdress comes from. Probably it was a result of European feather...

On 31st of October: Art and fright in the museum “The World of Hat” on Halloween's Night.

the music of the old organ and the terrble characters from French legends will dance. In the hall of Asia Japaneese...

Lecture on 6 th of October: "Headwear of ancient Macedonian elite in the late IV B.C."

The typical headdress for Macedonian elite was the Kausia, a type of rolled-up felt-cap. This cap originated in...

Back to school, back to museum!

We are happy to see everyone back to school! Our museum is still inviting everyone to attractive tours in the museum,...

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Caretta (Sards)

The Sardinian costume contains elements from Italian, Spanish and Moorish traditions, probably this is why it is so...

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Head Band (Dong)

Young men of the Dong people wear this kind of headdress. Today the traditional attire is no longer worn casually,...

Tukhya (Chuvash)

Girl's festivity headdress made of thick woolen cloth and decorated by a great lot of beads whose ornament symbolizes...

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Bombín (Quechua, Aymara)

Bolivian natives definitely borrowed the hat from the Spanish, and the Bombin shape was invented in mid-19th...

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Contemporary bead art based on ceremonial traditions and rich mythology

Our museum contains some really rare and exclusive pieces of art! Recently we got this amazing sample of bead art -...

During several centuries the fes was a national symbol of the Ottoman Empire, a widespread headdress which came from...

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Birthday party of museum 3 years anniversary

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