Dumbarton Oaks - Four-Cornered Hat with Geometric Designs

Four-Cornered Hat with Geometric Designs

Wari, Middle Horizon
700-850 CE
13.02 cm x 13.65 cm x 10.64 cm (5 1/8 in. x 5 3/8 in. x 4 3/16 in.)
wool, cotton
PC.B.515

Not on view

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Keywords

This object has the following keywords:

Geometric, Hats, Huari

Additional Images

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. 218.

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. 360, 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. 409, pl. 114.

Exhibition History

"Indigenous Art of the Americas", National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, April 1947 to May 1948 and September 1960 to July 1962.

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: 11/16/2023