Spoiler

About 80 % of students thought this was a swanky straw hat from the 1950s. Truth is that it’s the oldest Roman grasswork "Panama hat" extant, from Fayum in Egypt. In 2017 they radiocarbon dated it to 420-568 CE. Turns out the “Dark Ages” was really more about cool shade (Pitt Rivers Museum, UK) 🎩

https://bsky.app/profile/sarahebond.bsky.social/post/3kkzbnbwt762n

  • EllenKelly [comrade/them]
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    6 months ago

    it looks like it was rendered for Far Cry 2 so however old that is, like a zillion years or whatever.

    I'm perplexed anyone thought it was from the 1950s, anyway, here's something about the Straw Hat Riots in 1922, my point being hats in the 20s looked considerably more modern