DepartmentTextiles-Latin America

Hat

NameHat

CultureQuichua language group

Datec. 1960

Place madeCapachica Peninsula, Puno, Peru, South America

MediumStraw, wool, cotton, embroidery thread

Dimensions5 × 18 × 17 in. (12.7 × 45.72 × 43.18 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.53.73

Object numberA.1979.53.73

Collections

Andean Folk Art

DescriptionCircular, nearly flat, black cloth covered hat with multicolored floral embroidery around the edges, the brim trimmed with black zigzag trim which protrudes slightly. Backed with green and blue cotton cloth. All over straw base.

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