VERY STIFF FORM RESULTING FROM TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION -- HEMI-GLOBULAR CROWN WITH CONVEX SLOPING BRIM, MADE OF SINGLE PALM LEAF, SPREAD & PLEATED. INSIDE COVERED WITH WIDE BAMBOO STRIPS WHICH ARE CLOSELY INTERWOVEN WITH VERY THIN BAMBOO STRIPS. OUTER RIM VERY HEAVY BAMBOO. NARROW INTERNAL CHECKER PLAITED HEADBAND OF LEAF STRIPS.