The first step...

...to solving a problem is admitting you have a problem. So it is that we find ourselves, as usual, to the left of leftfield, with this example. We see a hat, we have to copy it, we can’t help ourselves. This purple bishop’s biretta has a black pom-pom. We have no idea why, as of yet.

White Shadows #2

Much like the Biretta of a Tropical Bishop, here we have a Tropical Priest. As with his bishop he bears the colour of his office, black, in this instance reflected in pom-pom and lining. With regard to its auxiliary function, we rather imagine it is this hat which would be used to keep the bush flies off the pavlovas...