Hat Item Number: Sf455 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
A black woven wool flat disc-shaped hat. Embroidery covers the top. Yellow lines the brim and pink lines the inner form. Unbleached cotton lines the centre area. Circles of pink, green, red, and yellow wool and white string are tacked onto top to make plant-like designs. Wear on tie strings.
History Of Use
The tradition of regionally distinctive dress is still a feature of some of the remote villages of highland Peru. The costumes are a mixture of Spanish influence with surviving indigenous aspects and materials. This hat is worn for everyday and fiestas. The style is European in origin, but the practice of wearing locally distinctive hats is in accordance with old Inca custom.
Cultural Context
worn by women
Item History
- Made in Tinta, Cuzco, Peru during 1963
- Collected by Mary Frame, Maureen Maitland, Janet Macquarrie-Kent and Kate Gibson during 1978
- Owned by Kate Gibson, Maureen Maitland, Janet Macquarrie-Kent and Mary Frame before October 10, 1978
- Received from Mary Frame (Seller), Kate Gibson (Seller), Janet Macquarrie-Kent (Seller), Maureen Maitland (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source) on October 10, 1978
What
- Name
- Hat
- Identification Number
- Sf455
- Type of Item
- hat
- Material
- cotton fibre, wool fibre and grass
- Manufacturing Technique
- machine woven, bound and machine embroidered
- Overall
- height 2.7 cm, diameter 37.3 cm
Who
- Culture
- Quechua
- Field Collector
- Mary Frame, Maureen Maitland, Janet Macquarrie-Kent and Kate Gibson
- Previous Owner
- Kate Gibson, Maureen Maitland, Janet Macquarrie-Kent and Mary Frame
- Received from
- Mary Frame (Seller), Kate Gibson (Seller), Janet Macquarrie-Kent (Seller), Maureen Maitland (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Tinta, Cuzco, Peru
When
- Creation Date
- during 1963
- Collection Date
- during 1978
- Ownership Date
- before October 10, 1978
- Acquisition Date
- on October 10, 1978
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0490/0059