Hat Item Number: 3151/20 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Woven wool hat. Hat is triangular in the body, with a scalloped hem and small half-circle ear flaps sewn to the sides. A long tube sits at top, with tassels and fringe in several colours at peak. Tube is decorated in horizontal zigzagging motifs in light tan, green, red and other colours, while body shows different motifs, small and circular, in orange, blue, purple, and divided by coloured lines, on a dark brown background.

Narrative

Acquired by the donor on a field collecting trip in and around Cuzco, Peru, in 1978.