Dumbarton Oaks - Four-Cornered Hat with Long-Legged Birds

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Four-Cornered Hat with Long-Legged Birds

Wari or Provincial Wari, Middle Horizon
750-900 CE
10 cm (3 15/16 in.)
wool, cotton
PC.B.513

Not on view

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Keywords

This object has the following keywords:

Animals, Birds, Hats, Huari

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Bibliography

Benson, Elizabeth P. 1963 Handbook of the Robert Woods Bliss Collection of Pre-Columbian Art. Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees for Harvard University, Washington, D.C., p. 65, cat. 363.

Bliss, Robert Woods 1947 Indigenous Art of the Americas: Collection of Robert Woods Bliss. National Gallery of Art; Smithsonian institution, Washington, D.C., p. 39, 155, cat. 217.

Bliss, Robert Woods 1957 Pre-Columbian Art: The Robert Woods Bliss Collection. Text and Critical Analyses by S. K. Lothrop, Joy Mahler and William F. Foshag. Phaidon, New York. p. 282, cat. 358, pl. CXLIV.

Boone, Elizabeth Hill (ED.) 1996 Andean Art at Dumbarton Oaks. Pre-Columbian Art at Dumbarton Oaks; No. 1. Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C. vol. 2, p. 412, pl. 117.

Exhibition History

"Indigenous Art of the Americas", National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, April 1947 to May 1948 and January 1956 to July 1962.

"Flights of Fancy: Birds in Pre-Columbian Art" Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, DC, 10/1/2009 - 2/28/2010.

"Clothing for the Afterlife" Dumbarton Oaks, Washington DC, 10/7/2015 to 5/22/2016.

Acquisition History

Acquired by Robert Bliss before 1947

Robert Woods Bliss Collection of Pre-Columbian Art, Washington, DC, 1947-1962.

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Pre-Columbian Collection, Washington, DC.

Object Last Modified: 11/20/2023