Sombrero

NameHat

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Date1970

Place madeMacha, Potosi, Bolivia, South America

MediumFelted wool, cotton

Dimensions5 7/8 × 13 3/8 in. (15 × 34 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Laurie Adelson and Bruce Takami, A.2010.26.90

Object numberA.2010.26.90

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionCream-colored, felted wool hat with rounded crown. 6.5 cm wide brim, wide black cotton hatband topped with a multi-colored, geometric-patterned band of cobalt, hot pink, brown, black rust green, gray, mauve, ocher. Finely braided strips with three to four black and pink tassels fall from the each of the ends of the colored band.