Unknown Central and South American
Four-Cornered Hat

Four-Cornered Hat

Public Domain

Artist
CultureWari (Huari)
Titles
  • Four-Cornered Hat
Date650–900 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumWool
DimensionsOverall: 3 5/8 × 6 3/4 × 6 5/8 in. (9.2 × 17.1 × 16.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1000
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Lot # 217 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, November 18 $ 20, 2000 (Sale 7556));
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1000

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front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Four-Cornered Hat
500–800 AD
Woven dyed fibers
2001.999
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Coiled Hat with Feathers
1200–1532 AD
Wool and feathers
2001.998.A,.B
Scepter
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Scepter
1100–1450 AD
Wood, shells, wool, resin, and cotton twine
2001.1157
Group of Whales from a Textile's Edging
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Group of Whales from a Textile's Edging
100 BC–700 AD
Camelid wool and cotton
2001.1005.1-.27
Tunic
Unknown Central and South American
Tunic
1100–1450 AD
Woven red alpaca wool and gilt silver
2001.970
back of object
Unknown Central and South American
Four-Cornered Hat
650–900 AD
Wool
2010.1070
Headband
Unknown Central and South American
Headband
500–1550 AD
Gold
2001.907
Headband
Unknown Central and South American
Headband
500–1550 AD
Gold
2001.908
Headband
Unknown Central and South American
Headband
500–1550 AD
Gold
2001.902
Crown
Unknown Central and South American
Crown
1–800
Gold
2001.1015
Crown
Unknown Central and South American
Crown
100 BC–700 AD
Gold and string
2001.903
Funerary Mask
Unknown Central and South American
Funerary Mask
1100–1450 AD
Hammered and cut gold with red pigment
2001.1056