Hat

Museum number:
3-25505
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2795
Description:
Hat: Woven palm fiber. Satin ribbons. Blue satin tassel. Buckskin chin-strap. Black and red decorated strips. Plaited strip sewn circular.
Donor:
Katherine Branstetter and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Tenejapa, Chiapas, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, Chiapas, Tenejapa
Culture or time period:
Tzeltal people and Tzotzil people
Collector:
Katherine Branstetter
Collection date:
1969
Materials:
Palm fiber and Satin (ribbons)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Hats and Plaited weaving
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Accession date:
1971
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
diameter 40.64 centimeters and height 10.16 centimeters
Comment:
Special needs: heavy; attachments MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Palm fiber woven. Ribbons: satin and bright colored. Buckskin strap. Satin tassel. FIver plaited into strip and sewn circular. NATIVE NAME AND MEANING: Shela pisholal (ribboned hat ) in Tzeltal. CONTEXT OF USE: Made and worn by men. WOrn at markets and festive occasions, wherever people gather for something other than work. Number of ribbons on hats vary- this specimen is average. ROLE IN TRADE: Made by neighboring Chamula men. Ribbons purchased from Ladinos. Buckskin purchased from Chamulas or Ladinos.
Loans:
S1991-1992 #21: SFO Museum (February 1992–February 1, 1993)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Hat, accession number 3-25505, described as Hat: Woven palm fiber. Satin ribbons. Blue satin tassel. Buckskin chin-strap. Black and red decorated strips. Plaited strip sewn circular.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Hat, accession number 3-25505, described as Hat: Woven palm fiber. Satin ribbons. Blue satin tassel. Buckskin chin-strap. Black and red decorated strips. Plaited strip sewn circular.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hat, accession number 3-25505, described as Hat: Woven palm fiber. Satin ribbons. Blue satin tassel. Buckskin chin-strap. Black and red decorated strips. Plaited strip sewn circular.

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