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Four-cornered hat

Wari
Middle Horizon period
A.D. 700–900
Object Place: Peru

Medium/Technique Knotted cotton ground with wool [camelid] pile
Dimensions Height x circumference: 11.4 x 47.5 cm (4 1/2 x 18 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Mrs. Cabot's Special Fund
Accession Number47.1096
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ClassificationsCostumes

DescriptionFour-sided hat with four points. Four rectangles containing composite bird-camelid figures each side. Cotton net with polychrome (green, blue, red, white) wool pile.
Provenance1941/1942, probably acquired in South America by Roland Terry (b. 1917 - d. 2006), Seattle; 1947, sold by Roland Terry to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1947)