Hat: Wide flat brim, shallow crown. Plaited palm leaves sewn together by hand. Darker patterned strip around the edge. Chin strap of light colored string, borken. Small pieces of multi-colored ribbon attached to each side of the crown. dm 40 cm.
Donor:
Elizabeth M. Friedenthal
Collection place:
Zinacantán, Chiapas, Mexico
Collection date:
before 1981
Materials:
Palm leaf (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Hats and Plaited weaving
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1981
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
diameter 40 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Palm leaf, plaited, sen, ribbon, string.