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phenix, Sanscrit prayers for victory, red plume, and trident-shaped 

 brass at apex. The soldier's helmet (fig. 21), is padded with cotton 

 and stiffened with perpendicular bands of iron riveted through the 

 cloth. Other military hats (fig. 22-23), ^^^ pot-shaped, visored, 

 made of felt stiffened with buckram and ornamented with bright- 

 red tassels and plumes of birds. 



Hats appropriate to the season of the year are worn by different 

 individuals, the gentleman's winter hood being an example in 



Fig. 23. — Musketeer's hat 



point (fig. 24). This is of brocade, lined with red woolen cloth 

 and bordered with otter fur, and is one of the few instances in 

 which woolen cloth is used in Korea for any purpose. 



The ornamental hood, an example of which is shown in figure 

 25, is placed upon the head of a very young child, and for its 

 " protection " various characters are embroidered in the ribbon. The 

 black ribbon at the back of the cap is removed when the child be- 

 comes able to speak. 



The hat cover, or kano, is worn to protect the national hat from 

 rain. It consists of a polygonal cone of oiled paper, folding like an 

 umbrella (fig. 26), and is secured to the hat by a string of white 

 paper, crossed under the chin and held by the hand. When not 



