Finnish Sámi People Hat: "Gákti"

This is a traditional hat of the Sámi People. The Sámi people are the indigenous people who live in the Arctic area of Sápmi, which today includes parts of far northern Sweden, Norway, Finland, the Kola Peninsula of Russia, and the border area between south and middle Sweden and Norway.

Sámi who lived near the coasts made their living by fishing. Inland, they farmed, raised cattle, trapped fur animals and fished. The smaller minority of the Mountain Sámi continued to hunt wild reindeer. Around 1500, they started to tame these animals into herding groups, becoming the well-known reindeer nomads.

Gákti are the traditional clothing worn by the Sámi people. The gákti is worn both in ceremonial contexts and while working, particularly when herding reindeer. Traditionally, the gákti was made from reindeer leather and sinews, but nowadays, it is more common to use wool, cotton, or silk. Traditional gákti are most commonly in variations of red, blue, green, white, medium-brown tanned leather, or reindeer fur. In winter, there is the addition of a reindeer fur coat and leggings, and sometimes a poncho and rope/lasso.

In addition to this style of hat, men wore high, square hats. The crown of the hat extended into points made of blue, red, and yellow cloth stuffed with eiderdown. Four-wind hats, as they were called, represented the four corners of the world.


Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_people
https://www.tota.world/article/108/