Voice Magazine / 2016 Fall / Cool Storage / Andean Montera Hat

Andean Montera Hat

Often it is possible to identify the village from which a person comes from just by the type of hat she wears. A Quechuan in the Cuzco Altiplano of Peru wore this montera. The hat is secured with delicately woven sanq’apa straps. Materials: Felt, silk, Wool, cotton. Collected by Esther Funk ULV-JAEGR-2014-7431

Andean Montera Hat

Often it is possible to identify the village from which a person comes from just by the type of hat she wears. A Quechuan in the Cuzco Altiplano of Peru wore this montera. The hat is secured with delicately woven sanq’apa straps.

Materials: Felt, silk, Wool, cotton.

Collected by Esther Funk

ULV-JAEGR-2014-7431

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