Description
Medieval Straw hat, hand made in the traditional way.
Perfect for hot event days or in the garden
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
Historia Normannis
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
