Pava
date: label: Date made
content: 20th century
notes: label: Description
content: The <i>pava</i> is the traditional hat used by sugar cane cutters, coffee pickers, and other agricultural workers. It is emblematic of the <i>jíbaro</i> (a Puerto Rican from the countryside) and the rustic traditions of the island's folkways. The <i>pava</i> is so closely associated with the notion of authentic Puerto Rican culture that when Luis Muñoz Marín founded the Popular Democratic Party (PDP) in 1938, the party adopted the <i>pava</i>, as its symbol.
label: Description (Spanish)
content: La pava es el sombrero tradicional que usan los trabajadores del campo, tales como los cortadores de caña o los recolectores de café. Es emblemático de los jíbaros (puertorriqueños del campo) y de las costumbres rústicas de la isla. Se relaciona tan estrechamente con la cultura puertorriqueña que cuando Luis Muñoz Marín fundó el Partido Demócrata Popular (PDP) en 1938 el partido adoptó la pava como símbolo.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Puerto Rico
title: label: Title
content: <i>Pava</i>
topic: label: Subject
content: Daily Life
label: Subject
content: Costume
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content: Home and Community Life: Ethnic
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Vidal
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Teodoro Vidal
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0097.1036.002
label: accession number
content: 1997.0097
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0097.1036.002
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hat
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plant fiber (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22.5 cm x 62 cm; 8 7/8 in x 24 7/16 in