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Source Description
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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Document identity
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164423
label
Padded Hat
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
164423
contentType
object
title
Padded Hat
description
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.
date
1460–1625 (radiocarbon date, 95.4% probability)
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
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Q79991995
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Garment
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import
dimensionsRaw
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.)
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Peru, North Coast, Chimú style, 1200-1460s
accession
2005.5.4
Source extras
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cotton; plain weave, brocaded
tombstone
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
collection
T - Pre-Columbian
didYouKnow
The Chimú forged an empire that thrived until the 1460s, when the Inka incorporated it into their own imperial domain.
citations
citation
Rowe, Ann Pollard, and John P. O'Neill. Costumes & featherwork of the Lords of Chimor: textiles from Peru's north coast. 1984.
creditline
Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund
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2026-05-29 08:31:35.448000
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164423
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Textiles
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T - Pre-Columbian
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cotton; plain weave, brocaded
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