Fill in the Blanks Paja Toquilla HatsOnline version Brief relate over the paja toquilla Hats by Mateo Gordillo 1 sun popular Manabi Guayaquil location 1835 History Panama name 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 .