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' crown ') is a type of headwear worn by adult men of the kuge (noble class) and buke (samurai class) in Japan. It was generally made of thin black silk hardened with lacquer, but there was also a metal crown called a raikan that was worn only during the emperor's enthronement ceremony and the chōga ceremony (New Year greeting ceremony).
Headwear of Men Name Definition Suitable age Match Period Images Mian Guan (冕冠) Shier liu mian (十二旒冕) Twelve-tasselled Crown. Initially all Mian Guan were worn by emperors, later emperors only wore this type. [4] Adult Zhou – Ming Jiuliu mian (九旒冕) Nine-tasselled Crown. Worn by dukes and crown prince's servants. [5] [6] Adult
Capotain (and men) – a tall conical hat, 17th century, usually black – also, copotain, copatain; Cartwheel hat – low crown, wide stiff brim; Cocktail hat; Doll hat – a scaled-down hat, usually worn tilted forward on the head; Gainsborough hat – a very large hat often elaborately decorated with plumes, flowers, and trinkets
Headgear such as crowns and tiaras are worn in recognition of noble status especially among royalty. Wigs are worn traditionally by judges and barristers of Commonwealth nations. [citation needed] Feathered headpieces, such as the war bonnet of Plains Indian cultures, are worn by various Native North American and South American indigenous ...
Guan (Chinese: 冠; pinyin: guān), literally translated as hat or cap or crown in English, [1] is a general term which refers to a type of headwear in Hanfu which covers a small area of the upper part of the head instead of the entire head.
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Pointed hats were also worn in ancient times by Saka , and are shown on Hindu temples (as helmets and metal crowns) and in Hittite reliefs. As described by Herodotus, the name of the Scythian tribe of the tigrakhauda (Orthocorybantians) is a bahuvrihi compound literally translating to "people with pointed hats". [4] [5]
The late President Umaru Yar'Adua of Nigeria, a chieftain of the Fula emirate of Katsina, wearing a crown style kufi. A kufi or kufi cap is a brimless, short, and rounded cap worn by men in many populations in North Africa, East Africa, West Africa, South Asia, and the Middle East. [1] It is also worn by men throughout the African diaspora.