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Article: Hats off: An exhibit of headgear -- from practical to ceremonial -- is on display at UMFA
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- April 29, 2007
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A chadurn. A bowler. A fez. A montera. A yarmulke.
You can look at these hats and see how different they are. One
has feathers; another is made of felt. One is made of tortoise
shell; another is of fabric.
But you can also see the similarities. They are all worn on the
head -- for protection; to show status; as part of ritual or
ceremony.
That's the fun thing about hats, says Bernadette Brown, curator
of African, Oceanic and New World Art at the Utah Museum of Fine
Arts on the University of Utah campus. Hats are as different as the
people who made them, yet they show us how alike we are. It seems
that every culture, every society has had a need to cover and adorn
their heads, she says.
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