Hat from Tarija, Bolivia

Object/Artifact

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West Chester University Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology

Bolivian Men's Leather Hat: Wide brimmed leather hat with lowerable brim for protection.
Bolivian Men's Leather Hat

Wide brimmed leather hat with lowerable brim for protection.

Name/Title

Hat from Tarija, Bolivia

Entry/Object ID

2013.1.15

Description

Hat

Context

Hat would have been worn when men went to explore the bush.

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

3-1/2 in

Width

14 in

Depth

3-1/2 in

Length

14 in

Diameter

14 in

Materials

Material

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: Ca, Fe, S, Cr, Cu, Ni, Cl, K

Color

Brown

Provenance

Provenance Detail

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

Notes

Page 63

Exhibition

Indigenous Andean Hats and Headdresses: The Edmundo Morales Collection