Hawaiian cowboy "papale"-style hat
date: label: date made
content: ca.1940
notes: label: Description
content: This “papale” style hat is a factory made cloth hat that resembles the earlier Hawaiian “papale” hats worn by paniolo cowboys prior to the mid-1880s. The hats made prior to the mid-1880s were often weaved by a female relative out of dried leaves from the native pandanus tree. Currently papale weaving is a rare and dying art form, which is uncommon skillset. The cloth hat worn by Masatsu “Masa” Kawamoto shows the effect of industrialization on Hawaiian society after the 1880s. The hat was an essential piece of the paniolo cowboy’s clothing because it was used as protection against the different weather conditions that cowboys experience.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Hawaii, Hawaii
label: Associated Place
content: Philippines
topic: label: associated subject
content: Cowboy
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content: Work and Industry: Asian Pacific American Business
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2012.0205.05
label: accession number
content: 2012.0205
label: catalog number
content: 2012.0205.05
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hat
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: natural fibers (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cloth (part material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (part material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread (part material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 15/32 in x 13 1/2 in x 4 in; 36.7538 cm x 34.29 cm x 10.16 cm