Conical straw hat
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The conical hat or coolie hat is a simple style of straw hat originating in East and Southeast Asia, particularly Vietnam, China, Korea, and Japan. It has a conical shape and is kept on the head by a cloth chin strap. Conical hats are used primarily as protection from the sun and rain.
Because of its distinctive shape, the hat often strikes Westerners as silly or whimsical, and has seen much use in racist artwork throughout the years. In recent years, the coolie hat made an appearance in a t-shirt series by Abercrombie & Fitch, which came under fire for allegedly racist caricatured depictions of Asian Americans.
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