Culture/People:

Quechua  Search this

Collector:

Carl R. Berman, Non-Indian, 1915-1990  Search this

Blanche P. Berman (Blanche Polsky Berman), Non-Indian, 1913-2012  Search this

Donor:

Carl R. Berman, Non-Indian, 1915-1990  Search this

Blanche P. Berman (Blanche Polsky Berman), Non-Indian, 1913-2012  Search this

Object Name:

Woman's hat

Media/Materials:

Wool cloth, cotton cloth, ribbon, fabric trim

Techniques:

Sewn

Object Type:

Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses

Native Term:

montera

Place:

Ayaviri; Melgar Province; Puno Region; Peru

Date created:

circa 1955

Collection History:

Collected by Carl R. Berman (1915-1990, an artist and explorer) and his wife Blanche Polsky Berman (1913-2012) during travel in South America in the 1950s; donated to MAI by Carl and Blanche Berman in 1968.

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Catalog Number:

24/1859

Barcode:

241859.000

See related items:

Quechua

Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses

On View:

NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Andes

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6a6169cf7-7b65-400c-a726-0a8b5b02564c

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_257587