Hat Item Number: Sa185 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Straw hat in cowboy hat style with narrow black plastic band around base of crown and several short pieces of blue plastic band sewn halfway up the crown at intervals on the diagonal. The high crown is deeply dented at the centre and sides of the top. The wide brim curls up at the sides and is finished with white plastic sewn to the edge.
History Of Use
Daily wear of villagers. The straw hat has replaced the traditional multicoloured brocaded textile (tzute) headdress worn by men.
Cultural Context
worn by men
Item History
What
- Name
- Hat
- Identification Number
- Sa185
- Type of Item
- hat
- Material
- grass and plastic
- Manufacturing Technique
- machine made
- Overall
- height 12.5 cm, width 27.0 cm, depth 32.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Cakchiquel
- Previous Owner
- Inge Ruus
- Received from
- Inge Ruus (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Solola, Solola, Guatemala
When
- Creation Date
- before 1976
- Collection Date
- during 1976
- Ownership Date
- before August 5, 1977
- Acquisition Date
- on August 5, 1977
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- excellent
- Accession Number
- 0404/0013