Nyarai: Raffia Hat
A beautiful shapeable lightweight red hat with natural stripes featuring a 7 inch brim that we weave by hand in Madagascar. Its shapeable brim allows the owner to wear the hat in many different styles. It also has a drawstring in the interior making the hat adjustable and featuring all sized heads up to 59cm. This hat is an eco-friendly product crafted from natural Raffia and other renewable and sustainable raw materials utilizing a variety of energy saving techniques. It contains a comfortable cotton lining. All of the coloring on this hat was done using a long lasting vegetable based dye. It’s dual layer of fine woven Raffia allows the hat to offer UPF 50+/SPF 30+ sun protection which makes it a great hat for when you will be outdoors for an extended period of time. Our big brim Madagascar raffia hats are packable and are rolled easily for traveling. Spot clean the hat with cold water when needed, do not use any soap or detergent.
This adjustable hat fits any head size of 59cm or smaller. We give all of our hats African names and this one is entitled “Nyarai” which means “Humble Woman”.