Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Masonic Shrine Royal Order of Jesters Hat
1988-2015
Maker not marked
USA (likely)
Synthetic fiber, metal, paper, ink
flat: 12"h x 5-1/2"w x 2"d; as worn: 5"h x 15"w x 15"d
Gift of Richard V. Travis
2017.006.1

Masonic Shrine Royal Order of Jesters Hat. Four-pointed jester's hat of yellow, green, red, and purple synthetic-fiber felt; two of the four sections are made up of panels with red exteriors and green interiors the other two have one purple face and one yellow face, with the yellow oriented outward on one side, and the purple on the other. There is a round, silver-colored metal bell at the end of each point. Bottom edge trimmed with a black band of nylon that has elastic inside. Inside the hat, a rectangular white paper sticker with a black barcode printed on it (which bears a series of numbers at bottom) is affixed on one green panel just above black band.