Padded Hat
Unknown Artist
1460–1625 (radiocarbon date, 95.4% probability)
Medium
cotton; plain weave, brocaded
Dimensions
124.5 × 31.7 cm · mounted: 172.7 × 148.6 cm
Classification
Garment
Department
Textiles
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund
Accession Number
2005.5.4
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
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.