Compléter Paja Toquilla HatsVersion en ligne Brief relate over the paja toquilla Hats par Mateo Gordillo 1 Guayaquil Panama 1835 History location Manabi popular name sun 1848 The of Paja Toquilla Hats It is said that back in , people in Montecristi , sent boxes of hats to Manta and to be exported to . The time coincided with the California Gold Rush ( - 1855 ) , which made the hat famous because of the abundant on the west coast of the United States . They became so in the ports of Panama that the was quickly linked to that .