Hat from Potosi, Bolivia

Object/Artifact

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West Chester University Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology

Bolivian Married Man's Hat (Left side): Orange velvet hat, wide brim, wrapped with long, colorful ribbons, green chinstrap
Bolivian Married Man's Hat (Left side)

Orange velvet hat, wide brim, wrapped with long, colorful ribbons, green chinstrap

Name/Title

Hat from Potosi, Bolivia

Entry/Object ID

2013.1.8

Description

Hat

Context

Matching hat for married women, men's ribbons are fewer and shorter than women's

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

Manufacturer

I.B.U.S.A. Ind. Nacional

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Central Andes

Continent

South America

* Untyped Cultural Region

Bolivia

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Makers Mark

Location

Inside brim of hat

Language

Spanish

Dimensions

Height

3-1/2 in

Width

12 in

Depth

3 in

Length

12-1/2 in

Diameter

12-1/2 in

Materials

Material

satin ribbon, Ribbon, Velvet

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: Fe, S, Ca, Zn, Ti, K, Mn, Pb, Cr, Cu, Br

Color

Orange, Green, Purple, White, Black

Provenance

Provenance Detail

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

Notes

Page 57

Exhibition

Indigenous Andean Hats and Headdresses: The Edmundo Morales Collection