 They also commonly had long ornate spikes tipped with horsehair, or have coins or pendants that hung around the rim.Many depictions of "gobernadorcillos" and "cabezas de barangay" would portray these colonial public functionaries as wearing ornate salakot.Salakot were also widely used as military sun hats in the colonial-era Philippines by both native and Spanish troops in the Spanish Army and the Guardia Civil (where they were known as "salacot").