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
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
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
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
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Tunic
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Tunic
1100–1450 AD
Woven red alpaca wool and gilt silver
2001.970
Scepter
Unknown Central and South American
Scepter
1100–1450 AD
Wood, shells, wool, resin, and cotton twine
2001.1157
back of object
Unknown Central and South American
Four-Cornered Hat
650–900 AD
Wool
2010.1070
Hummingbird Ornament
Unknown Central and South American
Hummingbird Ornament
100 BC–600 AD
Gold
2001.966
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Deity Head Effigy Finial
100–800 AD
Gold
2001.1064
Serpent
Unknown Central and South American
Serpent
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.1105
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Pectoral
200–1600 AD
Gold
2001.1016
Lime Container
Unknown Central and South American
Lime Container
200–1600 AD
Gold
2001.1230
Toucan Staff Top
Unknown Central and South American
Toucan Staff Top
1–1550
Cast gold
2001.962