Padded Hat

Description

This garment may have been found with others in the collection that formed a matched set worn by a noble of the Chimú, who rose to power on Peru’s north coast after 1000 AD.

Provenance

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Padded Hat

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1460–1625 (radiocarbon date, 95.4% probability)

Accession Number

2005.5.4

Medium

cotton; plain weave, brocaded

Dimensions

Overall: 124.5 x 31.7 cm (49 x 12 1/2 in.); Mounted: 172.7 x 148.6 cm (68 x 58 1/2 in.)

Classification

Garment

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund