Padded Hat
1460–1625
- 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.)
- Genre
- garment
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Peru, North Coast, Chimú style, 1200–1460s
About
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.