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Cowboy Hat with Masonic Shrine Royal Order of Jesters Pins
1996
Dorfman Pacific Co., Inc.
USA: California, Oakland
Straw, cotton, metal, enamel
overall: 7"h x 14"w x 15-1/2'd
Gift of Richard V. Travis
2012.010.1

Natural-colored cowboy style hat made of braided straw. Woven cream, brown and black ribbon around crown with rust-colored feather on one side. Tan sweat band inside bottom of crown. Size tag and maker's label inside. Crown is decorated with lapel pins, mostly Shrine and Royal Order of Jesters, with some national flags and Olympics pins (approximately 116 pins total).


The donor collected these pins during the early 1990s at Royal Order of Jester meetings. A Masonic group, the Jesters are a branch of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, or Shriners. The Jesters’ motto is "Mirth is King," words underscored by the colorful display of pins on this hat.



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