DepartmentTextiles-Latin America

Chullu

NameHat

CultureQuechua/Aymara language group

DateLate 20th century

Place madeNorthern Potosi, Potosi, Bolivia, South America

MediumWool

DimensionsOverall: 9 x 9 1/4 in. (22.9 x 23.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Nancy Reynolds

Object numberA.2010.5.5

Collections

Andean Folk Art

DescriptionShort pointed knit cap with gathered border. The top of a salmon pink, with geometric bands and one wide band with small rectangles holding birds and diagonal vegetal forms. The gathered border is white with variagated red and green edging.