Hat from Presto, Bolivia

Object/Artifact

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West Chester University Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology

Andean Married Men's Hat: Black hat, silver sequins w/ beads on rim, swirled red and yellow leather strips on top, dark brown leather edge
Andean Married Men's Hat

Black hat, silver sequins w/ beads on rim, swirled red and yellow leather strips on top, dark brown leather edge

Name/Title

Hat from Presto, Bolivia

Entry/Object ID

2013.1.4

Description

Hat

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

Bolivia

Dimensions

Height

6-1/2 in

Width

8 in

Depth

6 in

Length

9-3/4 in

Diameter

9-3/4 in

Circumference

27-15/16 in

Materials

Material

Beads, Sequins, Glass, Felt, Leather

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 K C Cl S Ca Zn Ni Ti Cu As Si Al Cr

Color

Black, Red, Yellow, White, Silver

Provenance

Provenance Detail

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

Notes

Pg. 53

Exhibition

Indigenous Andean Hats and Headdresses: The Edmundo Morales Collection