Description
Medieval Straw Stealth Helmet Hat, the hat is hand made in the traditional way and has then been fitted with a (Standard Steel Gauge) – 18 Gauge (1.241mm) spun steel dome and veg tan leather chin tie strap, Perfect for Archers or slumming it with levy.
Please note that no padded liner or inner hat is provided and is recommended that you wear one.
Perfect for hot event days!
Sizing:
Rim Diameter = 46-47 cm
Internal hat Diameter =20-21 cm
Internal hat height = 12 cm
Internal hat circumference = 65 cm
Suitable for use by:
The Vikings – Armourer approved
Many other Groups and Societies also accept these for use, if in doubt please check with your group/society Authenticity/Provenance Officer or refer to your kit Guides. If you would like to add your Group or Society to the above list please let us know.
Provenance:
BC – Virgil mentions the “Plaitting of osiers and willows” in his Pastorals
0-5th C – Croom states that during the Roman period that wide brimmed straw hats were worn by fishermen and sailors as protection from the sun
6th – 10th C – Odin is described as wearing as wearing a broad-brimmed hat and a blue coat in the C13th Bagler Sagas. This may refer to a straw hat.
11th C- The Bee Keeper 1025-1050AD
12th C – Edwine Psalter c.1160AD
13th C -Illustrations from the Maciejowski Bible, 125, fol. 17v
14th C Detail, Allegory of the Good Government, Effects of Good Government in the Countryside, by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, 1338-40, at the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena
15th C A shepherd at The Nativity by Friedrich von Villach, c. 1420-1430
16thC The Farmer, Das Ständebuch, 1568
