24 January 2014

Facing the Asian Conical Hat

The Asian conical hat is a simple style of conical hat originating in Southeast Asia. It is kept on the head by a cloth chin strap (often silk); an internal band of the same material keeps the hat itself from resting on the wearer's head. This style of hat is used primarily as protection from the sun and rain. When made of straw or matting, it can be dipped in water and worn as an impromptu evaporative-cooling device.

Asian conical hat, conical straw hat, sedge hat, rice hat, paddy hat; Taiwanese gardener with conical hat; portrait; Taiwan; Fo Guang Shan; headshot

Asian conical hat, conical straw hat, Vietnamese style conical hat, nón lá, sedge hat, rice hat, paddy hat, Vietnamese woman, portrait, headshot, Vietnam, Hoi An

Asian conical hat, conical straw hat, Vietnamese style conical hat, nón lá, sedge hat, rice hat, paddy hat, Vietnamese woman, portrait, headshot, Vietnam, Hoi An

Asian conical hat, conical straw hat, Laotian style conical hat, sedge hat, rice hat, paddy hat, Laotian boy, portrait, headshot, Phongsali

Asian conical hat, conical straw hat, caping, sedge hat, rice hat, paddy hat, old Toraja woman, portrait, headshot, Indonesia, Sulawesi, Tana Toraja, Rantepao

Asian conical hat, conical straw hat, caping, sedge hat, rice hat, paddy hat, Sulawesi market woman, portrait, headshot, Indonesia, Central Sulawesi, Poso

Asian conical hat, conical straw hat, caping, sedge hat, rice hat, paddy hat, Sulawesi market woman, portrait, headshot, Indonesia, Central Sulawesi, Poso

Asian conical hat, conical straw hat, Vietnamese style conical hat, nón lá, sedge hat, rice hat, paddy hat, young Vietnamese woman, portrait, headshot, Vietnam, Hanoi

Asian conical hat, conical straw hat, Vietnamese style conical hat, nón lá, sedge hat, rice hat, paddy hat, Vietnamese woman, portrait, headshot, Vietnam, Hanoi

Asian conical hat, conical straw hat, caping, sedge hat, rice hat, paddy hat, young Kalimantan woman, young Muslim woman with conical hat, portrait, headshot, Indonesia, West Kalimantan, Pangkalan Bun

Asian conical hat, conical straw hat, sedge hat, rice hat, paddy hat, Taiwanese market woman with conical hat, portrait, Taiwan, Kaohsiung, V sign

Asian conical hat, conical straw hat, sedge hat, rice hat, paddy hat, Taiwanese old woman with conical hat, portrait, Taiwan, Kaohsiung, V sign

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