Montera

NameHelmet

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Date1970

Place madeBolívar, Cochabamba, Bolivia, South America

MediumHide, cotton, acrylic, sequins, glass beads

Dimensions10 5/8 × 9 7/16 × 13 3/8 in. (27 × 24 × 34 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Laurie Adelson and Bruce Takami, A.2010.26.71

Object numberA.2010.26.71

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionBrown cowhide helmet with two woven straps, the narrower acrylic with metallic sequins and small glass beads of red, blue, orange geometric design with two stylized birds and one stylized female figure. Ends go into cords with three small tassles each. Wider strap pink with stylized birds and flowers held on with pink tie with four acryllic multi-colored pompoms. Holes pierced around bottom edge of brim.