Conversations: An Online Journal of the Center for the Study of Material and Visual Cultures of Religion (mavcor.yale.edu) Cuzco Miter Maya Stanfeld-Mazzi Cuzco Miter, 17th century The Cathedral of Cuzco, Peru holds several liturgical ornaments from the Spanish colonial period in its treasury. Few, if any, of these items have been published and they have received no scholarly attention. Among them is a magnifcent embroidered miter, the headdress worn by bishops for blessings, baptisms, and processions. 1 The miter owes its form and style to European tradition, but aspects of its preservation, materials, and imagery ground it frmly in Peru and relate to the development of Christianity and Christian art there. The miter is housed in a modern metal box shaped to ft it, with the lappets 2 folded