Cleveland Museum of Art

Padded Hat

Date

1460–1625 (radiocarbon date, 95.4% probability)

Medium

cotton; plain weave, brocaded

Culture

Peru, North Coast, Chimú style, 1200-1460s

Department

Textiles

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

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. The Chimú forged an empire that thrived until the 1460s, when the Inka incorporated it into their own imperial domain.

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