Hat from Cuzco, Peru

Object/Artifact

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West Chester University Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology

Women’s community hat: Red and black molded muslin and reeds
Women’s community hat

Red and black molded muslin and reeds

Name/Title

Hat from Cuzco, Peru

Entry/Object ID

2013.1.38

Description

Hat

Context

This is a recreation of a hat that women wore in the communities around the town of Coya several decades ago. Now a small group of women will wear them for tour bus stops

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

Made/Created

Place

Region

Central Andes

Continent

South America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

Coya, Cuzco

Culture/Tribe

Patabamba

Dimensions

Height

6 in

Length

13 in

Diameter

10 in

Materials

Material

Straw, Cotton, Burlap

Material Notes

Summer 2023 Sadie Patterson (WCU student) and professor Dr. Voras, performed XRF and FTIR spectroscopy on the entire collection. Results: Fe Ca Zn K Ti Cl S

Color

beige, Red

Provenance

Provenance Detail

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

Notes

Page 107

Exhibition

Indigenous Andean Hats and Headdresses: The Edmundo Morales Collection