Hat. Wide flat brim with small cone shaped piece attached to top of crown. Plaited strips of palm leaf sewn together by hand, some dark strips in crown and one around outer under edge; white cotton string chin strap. Faded red, white, and blue ribbons attached at sides of crown and on top of cone piece. Diameter: 39 cm.
Donor:
Elizabeth M. Friedenthal
Collection place:
Tenejapa, Chiapas, Mexico
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Plaited weaving
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1981
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Loans:
S1986-1987 #30: SFO Museum (April 21, 1987–June 11, 1987)