Hat from Apurimac, Peru

Object/Artifact

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West Chester University Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology

Andean Wide Brimmed Hat

Andean Wide Brimmed Hat

Name/Title

Hat from Apurimac, Peru

Entry/Object ID

2013.1.44

Description

Hat

Context

Cotabambas , Apurimac. Urban , Mestizo men wear a hat that has a much wider brim than the indian hat and is always decorated with two or three ribbons of different colors. The ends of the ribbons hang over the rear brim that is bent down and touches the nape. Photographs taken in the 1930's show peasants of Cotabamabs wearing their hats the same wat that they do today. Thus, wearing the baseball caps backwards in America may not be an original style at all.maeked like Moors that occupied Spain for 300 years.

Collection

Edmundo Morales Indigenous Andean Hats and Headdresses

Category

Clothing, Dress, Costume

Acquisition

Accession

2013.1

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Edmundo Morales Indigenous Andean Hat and Headress Collection

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Central Andes

Continent

South America

* Untyped Cultural Region

Cotabambas, Apurimac

Dimensions

Height

5-1/2 in

Width

12 in

Depth

5 in

Length

12 in

Diameter

12 in

Materials

Material

Felt, cotton binding, synthetic fabric

Material Notes

Summer 2023 Sadie Patterson (WCU student) and chemistry professor Dr. Voras, Performed XRF and FTIR spectroscopy and the entire results: Fe Ca Zn S Ti Mn

Colors

Color

beige, Black, Gold, Red, Green, light blue

Color Notes

Gold flowers on blue, green, and red ribbons. Thick black ribbon. Edge of hat has black brim.

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Morales, Edmundo, "Indigenous Andean Hats and Headdresses: Tradition, Identity, and Symbolism", 2013

Exhibition

Indigenous Andean Hats and Headdresses: The Edmundo Morales Collection