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Four-Cornered Hat

c. 700–1100

Peru, South Coast, Wari Culture, Middle Horizon, 8th-12th Century

sides: cotton and wool plain cloth, brocaded; top: wool fancy cloth (?)
Overall: 10.8 x 13 x 13 cm (4 1/4 x 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 in.)
Gift of John Wise in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Humphreys 1949.193
Location: Not on view
  • Shepherd, Dorothy. "Some Recent Acquisitions of Peruvian Textiles." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 37, no. 8 (October 1950): 179-180. Mentioned: p. 179 www.jstor.org
    Wadsworth Atheneum, Adelyn Dohme Breeskin, and Charles Crehore Cunningham. 2000 Years of Tapestry Weaving: A Loan Exhibition : Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Dec. 7, 1951 to Jan. 27, 1952 ; the Baltimore Museum of Art, Feb. 27, 1952 to Mar. 25, 1952. Hartford, Conn: Wardsworth Atheneum], 1951. p. 57
  • 2000 Years of Tapestry Weaving. The Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT (December 25, 1951-January 27, 1952). The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (February 27-March 25, 1952).
    Art of the Americas. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 9, 1945-January 6, 1946).
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