Hat

Museum number:
3-27246
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3057
Object count:
1
Description:
Hat: Plaited straw with red wool band, lavender/yellow yarn tie. Round flat brimmed, shallow crown. Brim diameter 29.5
Donor:
Robert Miller
Collection place:
Chiapas, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, Chiapas, Tzeltzal (sic) indians (Huistán)
Culture or time period:
Tzeltal people
Collector:
Alma Capen and Robert Miller
Collection date:
1957
Materials:
Straw (plant material) (plaited straw) and Wool yarn (wool cloth)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Hats and Plaited weaving
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1974
Context of use:
Man's hat
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
diameter 31 centimeters and height 6 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Hat, accession number 3-27246, described as Hat: Plaited straw with red wool band, lavender/yellow yarn tie. Round flat brimmed, shallow crown. Brim diameter 29.5Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Hat, accession number 3-27246, described as Hat: Plaited straw with red wool band, lavender/yellow yarn tie. Round flat brimmed, shallow crown. Brim diameter 29.5
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hat, accession number 3-27246, described as Hat: Plaited straw with red wool band, lavender/yellow yarn tie. Round flat brimmed, shallow crown. Brim diameter 29.5

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