Salakot (Tagalog)

Salakot de plata y asta (Spanish)

Materials: water buffalo horn, silver, rattan, nito and cotton
Dimensions: H: 13.5 W: 23.0 x C: 84.0 cm

Labeled as hat in the Ethnologisches Museum Berlin and probably the "salakot de plata y asta" in Rizal’s letter to Blumentritt...

Domesticated water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis)... owning a salakot made of water buffalo horn or tortoise shell and embellished with gold or silver finials is a symbol of status and power.