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Record 187/495
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Catalog date 02/14/2009
Collection Memorabilia and Awards
Collector Craig Hindman
Artist Unknown
Date 2000
Description Black 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 Fabric
Object ID 2008.0173.001
Object Name Hat
Other Name 2000 Convention Chair Hat
Owned Unknown
Sub-category Clothing -- Headwear
Recfrom Unknown
Subjects caving events
hat
chair hat
chairman
2000
TRA Campsite
West Virginia
WV
The Robertson Association
Used Unknown
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