Elphaba's hat.

Elphaba's hat is a witch hat given to her by Galinda Upland it is a pointed witch hat, it is black, Elphaba has the hat for most of the play, and it is how Elphaba and Glinda became friends the hat is known a lot as the symbol of Elphana and Glinda's friendship.

Act one
The hat come into the play in act one, two of Glinda's friends are helping her get ready to go to the party with Fiyero one of Glinda's friends takes out a hat, Galinda says not to look at it, and to act like she had never seen it, he says that her grandmother was always buying her the worst things, and that she would give it away, but she did not hate anyone that much. The friends say that she hates Elphaba that much. Galinda thinks about doing it, and Elphaba then comes, talking to her about how she was so nice to Nessarose and Boq the two had hated each other, but after Galinda was nice to Nessarose, by 'encouraging' Boq to ask Nessarose to the party, since Elphaba was Nessarose's older half sister, she started to like Galinda, and had gone to talk to her so that they could become friends, Galinda did not know that Elphaba was trying to become her friend, and gave her the hat. Elphaba, thinking Galinda was being nice, took the hat to the party, she was made fun of, and Galinda felt bad, so she was nice to Elphana, and the two became friends.

Act two
The hat does not come in much in act two, Elphaba has the hat the whole time, at the end of the play, Elphaba seems to have lost the hat, but Fiyero gives it back when they leave oz.