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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) 🎩

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[–] pudcollar@hexbear.net 9 points 11 months ago

I know when they take pictures like that it's old as fucc

[–] EllenKelly@hexbear.net 8 points 11 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

[–] SpiderFarmer@hexbear.net 6 points 11 months ago

My guess was however old Colonel Sanders was.

[–] TrudeauCastroson@hexbear.net 5 points 11 months ago

I guessed late 1800s.

I guess there aren't that many designs for a straw hat

[–] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 5 points 11 months ago
[–] BurningVIP@hexbear.net 3 points 11 months ago

My guess was 1500s

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 2 points 11 months ago

One million years old

[–] tombruzzo@hexbear.net 2 points 11 months ago

Bloodborne rumpled looking ass hat