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Coiled Hat with Feathers

Coiled Hat with Feathers

Public Domain

Artist
CultureInca (Inka)
Titles
  • Coiled Hat with Feathers
Date1200–1532 AD
PlaceChile, South America
MediumWool and feathers
DimensionsOverall: 14 1/4 × 7 1/2 in. (36.2 × 19.1 cm)
 Hat (.A): 4 3/8 × 6 1/4 in. (11.1 × 15.9 cm)
 Other (.B, Feathers): 14 × 7 1/2 in. (35.6 × 19.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.998.A,.B
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
210M Jones Galleries
On view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Sotheby's, NY, 11/22/1993, lot #45);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.998.A,.B

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