Hat from Cuzco, Peru

Object/Artifact

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West Chester University Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology

Peruvian Women's Hat: White hardened felt hat with green ribbon on brim and trim.
Peruvian Women's Hat

White hardened felt hat with green ribbon on brim and trim.

Name/Title

Hat from Cuzco, Peru

Entry/Object ID

2013.1.30

Description

Hat

Context

Men's ribbon is black, women's is green

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

Dimensions

Height

5-1/2 in

Width

12 in

Length

11-1/2 in

Materials

Material

Felt, Ribbon

Material Notes

Summer 2023 Sadie Patterson (WCU student) and chemistry professor Dr. Voras, working with Winterthur Museum, performed XRF and FTIR spectroscopy on the entire collection. Results:

Color

beige, Green

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