Hat: Woven palm fiber. Multi ribbons varicolored. Buckskin chin-strap. Black woven decorated strip. Plaited strip.
Donor:
Katherine Branstetter and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Zinacantán, Chiapas, Mexico
Culture or time period:
Tzotzil people
Collector:
Katherine Branstetter
Collection date:
8/25/1969
Materials:
Palm fiber
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Hats and Plaited weaving
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1971
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
height 5.08 centimeters and diameter 38.1 centimeters
Comment:
Special needs: heavy; attachments MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Palm fiber woven. Ribbons varicolored. Buckskin chin-strap. Plaited strip sewn circular. CONTEXT OF USE: Made and worn by men.