Hat from Imbabura, Ecuador

Object/Artifact

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West Chester University Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology

Women’s Hat: White hardened felt with pink string and tassels on trim
Women’s Hat

White hardened felt with pink string and tassels on trim

Name/Title

Hat from Imbabura, Ecuador

Entry/Object ID

2013.1.34

Description

Hat

Context

Women from Natabuela would wear this hat with a blue string and women from Iluman would wear this hat with a pink string.

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

* Untyped Place

Natabuela, Imbabura

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Central Andes

Continent

South America

Dimensions

Height

4-1/2 in

Diameter

8-1/2 in

Materials

Material

felt, String

Material Notes

Summer 2023 Sadie Patterson (WCU student) and the chemistry professor Dr. Voras, perfromed XRF and FTIR spectroscopy on the entire collection. Results: Fe Ca

Colors

Color

Pink, White

Color Notes

The white is more off an off-white/beige

Provenance

Provenance Detail

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

Notes

Pg. 80

Exhibition

Indigenous Andean Hats and Headdresses: The Edmundo Morales Collection