High end panama hats are not a modern invention. This photo of the Sak's & Co. is from 1919. In the center you see a Monte Cristi priced at $100.00. Also rain does not ruin the hat, it just might need to be re-blocked. A much more common service available in the day...
Those "holes" occur as new fiber are added in. As you weave away from crown on the brim, more strands are needed to make a greater circumference.
On a finer hat the "holes" are not as noticeable, but on a coarser weave they stand out a little more.
Sheepherder and his dog during a "Typical Wyoming Winter near Douglas", standing next to a traditional canvas-top sheepwagon.
I remember working in Wyoming and seeing these wagons still being used, generally by a Basque herder.
Where's Charlie (Russell)? In his pre-artist wrangler days. ~circa 1882
(unidentified photographer, MHS Photograph Archives, Courtesy of Montana’s Charlie Russell: Art in the Collection of the Montana Historical Society)
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