Carapuças (Traditional Madeira cap)

The cap is basically a conical-shaped wool cap ending in a tip.

Its use by the population of Madeira predominated in the 18th and 19th centuries.

According to some ethnographers, the caps show influences from medieval hats and Portuguese caps.

Having evolved from a cap that occupied almost the entire head, it has come to our days with a much smaller and more elegant format, with the function of adornment to the detriment of the protective function, for which it was originally conceived.

Falling into disuse around 1870, they can still be found for sale in souvenir shops and in use by regional folk groups, who keep still alive these and other memories from the old days.