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MY FOREIGN HATS AND HEAD-WEAR COLLECTION

MY FOREIGN HATS AND HEAD-WEAR COLLECTION
DOLL C.1936
Over the last few years I have been collecting foreign hats and head-wear items.  Some of them I have bought on my travels, others I have found in charity shops and other places.  I have always had a fascination for them so I thought I would share them with you on this page.

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ALBANIA - male hat, (as worn in the SOUTH).
(Purchased by me in Albania, 2016.)

ALBANIA - (male hat, as worn in the NORTH)
(Purchased by me in Albania, 2016).

ASIA (?) - country unknown


AUSTRIA - (Tirol)

AUSTRIA
(Army Military forage cap)

BANGLADESH

CHINA 
(A young boy's hat)

CHINA
(A worker's hat)

CHINA
(inside of the worker's hat)

EGYPT (sequin head-shawl)
(Purchased and worn by me on a Nile Cruise, 1996)

 EGYPT 1996
Head-band (agal)
(Purchased by me on a Nile Cruise, 1996)

ETHIOPIA

GAMBIA - (Warrior's hat)
Specially made for me when I was in Gambia, 2012


GAMBIA - (Warrior's hat - inside)
Specially made for me when I was in Gambia, 2012


GREECE
(Purchased by my daughter in Athens C.1982)


GUATEMALA

GUATEMALA
(A hand-made hair-slide
with Guatemalan dolls)

GUATEMALA hair-slide
(The back)

INDONESIA (BALI)
(Field workers hat)
(Purchased by me in Indonesia (BALI) 2014)

INDONESIA (BALI)
(Sapuk hat)
(Purchased by me in Indonesia (BALI), 2014)

 INDONESIA (BALI)
(Hair slide)
(Purchased by me in Indonesia (BALI), 2014)

 INDONESIA (LOMBOK)
(Pecci hat)
(Purchased by me in Indonesia (LOMBOK), 2014)

 INDONESIA (LOMBOK)
(Top view of pecci hat)
(Purchased by me in Indonesia (LOMBOK), 2014)

IRAQ (1)

IRAQ (2)

IRAQ (3)

KAZAKHSTAN - (male hat)

KAZAKHSTAN - (male hat)
(Front)

KENYA (head-band)

MALAYSIA
(a thudoing)
(Purchased by me in Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), 2014)

NEPAL (1)

NEPAL (1) - (tail-piece)

NEPAL - (Ladies hat)

NORWAY
(Child's hat)


PAKISTAN
(A Muslim prayer hat.  Also worn in
Bangladesh and India)

 PAKISTAN
(Kippah hat)
(Male Prayer hat)

POLAND
(Army beret)

PORTUGAL (Madeira)

PORTUGAL (Madeira) - close-up

RUSSIA
(A beaded and sequin hat)

 SCOTLAND - (Tam o'shanter)
(Bought by me in Scotland,2013)

 SPAIN
(Given to me by a friend in Spain 2011).

SPAIN
(Vintage hair slide)
(Purchased by me in Spain, 2011)

TIBET (Male hat front)
(Purchased by me in Lhasa, Tibet - 2018)

TIBET (Male hat back)
(Purchased in Lhasa, Tibet by me - 2018)

TIBET (female hat - front)
(Purchased in Lhasa, Tibet by me - 2018)

TIBET (female hat  - back)
(Purchased in Lhasa, Tibet by me - 2018)

TUNISIA
(Purchased by me in Tunisia, 1994)

TUNISIA - (Traditional Berber hat)

TURKEY - (Belly Dancers hat)

TURKEY - (Top of Belly Dancers hat).

TURKEY 
(Purchased by me in a Turkish Shop in Bosnia, 2010)

UZBEKISTAN (Bukhara region)

UZBEKISTAN - ladies hat
(Purchased by me in Bukhara, Uzbekistan,
2013)
(front view)

UZBEKISTAN
(Side view)
(Purchased by me in Bukhara, Uzbekistan,
2013)

UZBEKISTAN
(back view)
(Purchased by me in Bukhara, Uzbekistan,
2013)

UZBEKISTAN (susani work)
(Purchased by me in Uzbekistan, 2013)

UZBEKISTAN (male hat)
(A square-shaped hat)

WALES - Welsh hat
(child's traditional hat)
(Purchased by me in Wales, 2013)

WALES
(top of hat)

WALES
(A child's cockle bonnet)


WALES
(Cockle bonnet - side view)



ENJOY!
Carole. 
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