Coonskin cap

A coonskin cap is a hat fashioned from the skin and fur of a raccoon. The headwear became associated with European Americans occupying lands on the United States borders with Indigenous nations in the late 18th century and the first half of the 19th century. The cap became highly popular among boys in the U.S., Canada, United Kingdom, and Australia in the 1950s.^[1] The original cap consisted of the entire skin of the raccoon including its head and tail.^{[dubious – discuss]}