What is
Hat made of braided palm leaves (garballó), with a very wide brim. They were carried by men and women to work in the fields (DCVB, Mall., Men.). It is the piece that protects the pageant's vest from the sun.
How is
- Cowl (cup) and window (wing), sewn in a spiral from a braided ribbon.
- Made with capell llata: 5-brin braid, finer; Today it is often machine stitched (BIC palm work file).
- Wide brim to shade the face, neck and shoulders.
How is fa
- The garballó leaf is plucked in July, dried, bleached with sulfur and opened into brins. The rim is braided and sewn in a spiral, from the cowl to the window.
- Complete process in palm work: llata i garballó .
Com s'usa
- Mowing, threshing, harvest, orchard: all summer in the sun.
- About the cap mocador in the page.
Vocabulary
- capell: hat (croft + window).
- cofa: crown of the hat.
- ventalla: wing.
- capell de pauma: palm leaf, wide-brimmed (Mall., Men.).
- capell de sarrió: from llatra, like that of a sarrió (Sineu). See sarria i sarrió .
- capell de roda plena: made of wool or hair, with wide brims, that of the ancient masters (Mall.).
- capell alt / de trona / de moixina: with a high, flat crown (Mall., Men.).
- capell amb cruies: tricorn (Mall., Men.).
- capell d'anar alerta: very narrow-winged (Llucmajor).
- capell reveixinat: with a wing turned up very high (Mall.).
History
- 1867: the Arxiduc describes Capdepera's palm work in Die Balearen; see Die Balearen .
- 19th-20th centuries: common work hat from the Majorcan countryside; Capell appears in Artà's fine work (BIC file).
- 1950s: palm work grows with the first tourism.
- 2026: BIC Immaterial de l'obra de palm (BOIB 101/2026) initiated.
On veure'n
- Museu de sa Llata (Capdepera castle).
- Artisans: Ses Madones (Capdepera) , Guillem Cassellas (Artà) , Laura Micheletti (Artà) .
- Museum of Mallorca, ethnological section (Wall) .
Why is it design
- Wild and local material, without cultivation.
- Light and breathable: the braid allows air to pass through.
- Modular form: a ribbon and a spiral; The size is adjusted with more or less turns.
- The vocabulary of capells (more than ten types) shows that the form said office, age and rank.
For the project
- Reissue of a pauma capell with artisans from Capdepera/Artà, with a label of palm origin (Mallorca, not Almería).
- Graphic piece: typology of Mallorcan capells drawn from the DCVB.
Frequently asked questions
What is Capell de palma (palm hat)?
Hat made of braided palm leaves (garballó), with a very wide brim. They were carried by men and women to work in the fields (DCVB, Mall., Men.). It is the…
What are the traditional words for Capell de palma (palm hat)?
Some words: capell, capell alt / de trona / de moixina, capell amb cruies, capell d'anar alerta, capell de pauma, capell de roda plena, capell de sarrió, capell reveixinat.
Sources
Working text from the Disseny Indígena knowledge base, machine-translated from Spanish.