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Padded Hat
1460–1625 (radiocarbon date, 95.4% probability
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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.
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Details
- Title: Padded Hat
- Date Created: 1460–1625 (radiocarbon date, 95.4% probability
- Physical 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.)
- Type: Garment
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2005.5.4
- Medium: cotton; plain weave, brocaded
- Fun Fact: The Chimú forged an empire that thrived until the 1460s, when the Inka incorporated it into their own imperial domain.
- Department: Textiles
- Culture: Peru, North Coast, Chimú style, 1200-1460s
- Credit Line: Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund
- Collection: T - Pre-Columbian
- Accession Number: 2005.5.4
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