Hat, late 19th-early 20th century
Unknown Koreanexpand_more
Horsetail hair and silkexpand_more
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundationexpand_more 2015.79.524
On View in Gallery 206expand_more
Hats like this one, called gat, were an essential part of a man’s attire in Joseon dynasty Korea (1392–1897). A gat was made of horsehair and silk, built on a bamboo frame, and then lacquered. A man would place the gat over an inner hat called a tanggeon and tie it under the chin with long ribbons. In Korea, Confucianist thought dominated learning and formed the basis of moral and cultural standards. To demonstrate their respectability, men of the ruling yangban class wore gat at all times, even at home.
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