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Catalog date 02/14/2009
Collection Symbolic Emblems
Collector Craig Hindman
Artist Unknown
Date 1998
Description Straw Hat

This is the convention hat/helmet was from the chair of the 1998 NSS Convention in Suwannee, Tennessee to the chair of the following year's NSS Convention in Idaho. It is unknown what year this tradition began. Hats/ helmets are decorated in a manor that reflects the state or region it is being held in. Often these helmets are gaudy and humerous
Found Unknown
Category 3: Personal Artifacts
Made United States
Material Straw
Object ID 2008.0170.001
Object Name Hat
Other Name NSS Convention Chair Hat
Owned Unknown
Sub-category Clothing -- Headwear
Recfrom Unknown
Subjects caving events
NSS Convention
chair hat
hat
1999
Suwannee, Tennessee
TN
Idaho
ID
Used Unknown
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