Object Number: Eb962

Collection: World Cultures

Object Name: Clothing

Description: Chullu, hat, knitted in fine hand-spun alpaca by Alejandrina Ari Cutipa, with earflaps, long tassel on crown and tasselled ties. Crown knitted in stocking stitch, with 2 wide bands of scissor and concentric diamond, and diamond lattice, with narrower bands of scissor, tijera and diamond, kuku; alternating colour contrast squares, kotu; chevrons (backbone of a fish), kili; six-petal flowers, sojta suyus in Quechua, (6 villages or descent lines).