Chullo

NameMan's cap

Artist Artist unrecorded

DateMid-19th century

Place madeBolivar, Cochabamba, Bolivia, South America

MediumCotton

Dimensions24 × 10 1/4 in. (60.96 × 26.035 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Laurie Adelson and Bruce Takami, A.2010.26.10

Object numberA.2010.26.10

Collections

Andean Folk Art

DescriptionPointed knit cap with tassle at top and triangular earflaps with braided green ties with tassles. Overall knit in a checkerboard pattern of pairs of alternating colors in horizontal bands, "over" which are knit birds, animals and geometric forms. Patterned sections divided by marine blue horizontal bands. Colors: blue, white, yellow, red, pink, green.