Four-Cornered Hat

Four-Cornered Hat

Public Domain

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
Not on view

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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
Four-Cornered Hat
500–800 AD
Woven dyed fibers
2001.999
Coiled Hat with Feathers
Coiled Hat with Feathers
1200–1532 AD
Wool and feathers
2001.998.A,.B
Scepter
Scepter
1100–1450 AD
Wood, shells, wool, resin, and cotton twine
2001.1157
Group of Whales from a Textile's Edging
Group of Whales from a Textile's Edging
100 BC–700 AD
Camelid wool and cotton
2001.1005.1-.27
Tunic
Tunic
1100–1450 AD
Woven red alpaca wool and gilt silver
2001.970
back of object
Four-Cornered Hat
650–900 AD
Wool
2010.1070
detail view of finial
Lime Dipper
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.1044
Crown
Crown
300–1550 AD
Gold
2001.1273
Crown
Crown
200 BC–400 AD
Gilt copper
2001.971
Pectoral
Pectoral
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.1280
overall view of object
Lime Dipper Spoon
1200–1532 AD
Gold
2001.1051
Lime Dipper
Lime Dipper
1000–1470 AD
Gold and silver
2001.958