A head coverage is an article of clothing or a to the coverage of the head. Head coverages play an important role in the human culture. They serve among other things for the protection, as indications that or would signal the affiliation to a certain group or hierarchy.

One essentially differentiates between head coverages

• to covering:
  • Head cloth, veil, costume mask, hood, i.w.S.
• to the protection:
  • Hat (head coverage),
    • Cylinder (hat), Strohhut, melon, Panama hat, tropical helmet
  • Cap
    • fur cap, Basque cap, slidegate valve cap, prince Heinrich cap, ski mask, service cap, working cap, mountain cap
  • Helmet, impact cap, hood, head cloth, veil
• as indications:
  • a certain affiliation: Cap, Kippa, Turban, phrygische cap, head cloth, Txapelgorri
  • one became
    • (laily): Wreath/ring, crown, toque (military), doctor hat,
    • (religiously): Toque (church), Tiara, Mitra
  • (historically) a social position: Jew hat, Narrenkappe etc.
• as mode
  • Hennin, hood, federation hood

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