Padded Hat
1460–1625 (radiocarbon date, 95.4% probability
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Padded Hat, 1460–1625 (radiocarbon date, 95.4% probability. Peru, North Coast, Chimú style, 1200-1460s. Cotton; plain weave, brocaded ; 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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund 2005.5.4 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.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Garment
- Formatted 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.)
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 2005.5.4
- Credit Line
- Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund
- Exhibitions
- Gallery 232- Andean Textile Rotation, Ancient Andean Textiles (Gallery 232 rotation), <em>The Ancient Americas- Art From Sacred Landscapes</em>, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, (October 10, 1992- January 3, 1993); The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, (February- April 18, 1993); The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, (June 6- August 15, 1993).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 232 Andean
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