Editing Straw (section)

===Hats===
[[File:Texas straw hat with the ornament made of a rattlesnake's skin.jpg|thumb|A straw hat]]
There are several styles of [[straw hat]]s that are made of woven straw.

Many thousands of women and children in England (primarily in the [[Luton]] district of Bedfordshire),<ref name="eb9">{{Cite EB9|wstitle=Straw Manufactures|volume=22}}</ref> and large numbers in the United States (mostly [[Massachusetts]]), were employed in [[Straw Plaiting|plaiting straw]] for making hats. By the late 19th century, vast quantities of plaits were being imported to England from Canton in China,<ref name="eb9" /> and in the United States most of the straw plait was imported.<ref name="ac">{{Cite AmCyc|wstitle=Straw}}</ref>

A fiber analogous to straw is obtained from the plant ''[[Carludovica palmata]]'', and is used to make [[Panama hats]].<ref name="ac" />

Traditional Japanese rain protection consisted of a straw hat and a [[mino (straw cape)|mino cape]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Henshall |first1=Kenneth |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vD76fF5hqf8C&pg=PA67 |title=A History of Japan: From Stone Age to Superpower |date=April 17, 2012 |publisher=Springer |isbn=9780230346628 |page=67 |language=en}}</ref>