GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The four-cornered hat was a popular high-status headdress in the south-central and southern Andean highlands among Huari (Wari) and Tiahuanaco (Tiwanaku) elites. The finest Tiahuanaco examples are of continuous tapestry weave, while the Huari examples reflect separate weaving of the band and top. The piling of supplemental fibers through lark’s head knots is common to Huari hats. In this example, the hat is woven with cotton and camelid fiber in an elaborate figural design common to headbands.
Adapted from
Kimberly L. Jones, PhD, Inca: Conquests of the Andes / Los Incas y las conquistas de los Andes, Label text [1976.W.2013; 1976.W.2014; 1976.W.2056], 2015.
NOTES
- Wari (Huari) provincial, Middle Horizon, A.D. 850-1000; updated by KJones in TMS on 03/31/14, 06/01/15, 12/08/15, 12/14/15, and 01/05/16.
- Updated dates, medium, and geography in TMS to reflect Inca label -- A.D. 800–950, camelid fiber and cotton, Perú: central or north coast?.
Catalogue essays
- The Nora and John Wise Collection of Ancient South American Art
- Textiles at the Dallas Museum of Art
- Textile Production in the Andes
- Andean Orthography
Artist/designers
Cultures
Wari (Huari): AAT: 300017283
Geography
Wari (Huari): TGN: 1024536
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056
Process/materials
textiles (visual works): AAT: 300014063
textile materials: AAT: 300231565
camelidae (camelid) fiber: AAT: 300310434
cotton (fiber): AAT: 300183670
weaving: AAT: 300053642
warp: AAT: 300227930
weft: AAT: 300227934
tapestry (process): AAT: 300061981
interlocked tapestry: AAT: 300228526
Historical periods
Middle Horizon Period: AAT: 300017300
Individuals
Subject terms
hats (headgear): AAT: 300046106
four-cornered hats (headgear): DMA
headdress: AAT: 300046023
red (color): AAT: 300126225
blue (color): AAT: 300129361
yellow (color): AAT: 300127794
green (color): AAT: 300128438
brown (color): AAT: 300127490
white (color): AAT: 300129784
black (color): AAT: 300130920
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
diamonds (motifs): AAT: 300009791
squares (geometric figures): AAT: 300055637
corners (object portions): AAT: 300266471
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
faces (animal or human components): AAT: 300251798
headbands (headgear): AAT: 300046115
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PROVENANCE
Until 1976: Nora and John Wise, New York [1]
From 1976: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, The Nora and John Wise Collection, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jake L. Hamon, the Eugene McDermott Family, Mr. and Mrs. Algur H. Meadows and the Meadows Foundation, Incorporated, and Mr. and Mrs. John D. Murchison [1], [2]
[1] The main source for this provenance is existing information in TMS. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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General Description
The four-cornered hat was a popular high-status headdress in the south-central and southern Andean highlands among Huari (Wari) and Tiahuanaco (Tiwanaku) elites. The finest Tiahuanaco examples are of continuous tapestry weave, while the Huari examples reflect separate weaving of the band and top. The piling of supplemental fibers through lark’s head knots is common to Huari hats. In this example, the hat is woven with cotton and camelid fiber in an elaborate figural design common to headbands.
Adapted from
Kimberly L. Jones, PhD, Inca: Conquests of the Andes / Los Incas y las conquistas de los Andes, Label text [1976.W.2013; 1976.W.2014; 1976.W.2056], 2015.
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Notes
- Wari (Huari) provincial, Middle Horizon, A.D. 850-1000; updated by KJones in TMS on 03/31/14, 06/01/15, 12/08/15, 12/14/15, and 01/05/16.
- Updated dates, medium, and geography in TMS to reflect Inca label -- A.D. 800–950, camelid fiber and cotton, Perú: central or north coast?.
Catalogue essays
- The Nora and John Wise Collection of Ancient South American Art
- Textiles at the Dallas Museum of Art
- Textile Production in the Andes
- Andean Orthography
Artist/designers
Cultures
Wari (Huari): AAT: 300017283
Geography
Wari (Huari): TGN: 1024536
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056
Process/materials
textiles (visual works): AAT: 300014063
textile materials: AAT: 300231565
camelidae (camelid) fiber: AAT: 300310434
cotton (fiber): AAT: 300183670
weaving: AAT: 300053642
warp: AAT: 300227930
weft: AAT: 300227934
tapestry (process): AAT: 300061981
interlocked tapestry: AAT: 300228526
Historical periods
Middle Horizon Period: AAT: 300017300
Individuals
Subject terms
hats (headgear): AAT: 300046106
four-cornered hats (headgear): DMA
headdress: AAT: 300046023
red (color): AAT: 300126225
blue (color): AAT: 300129361
yellow (color): AAT: 300127794
green (color): AAT: 300128438
brown (color): AAT: 300127490
white (color): AAT: 300129784
black (color): AAT: 300130920
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
diamonds (motifs): AAT: 300009791
squares (geometric figures): AAT: 300055637
corners (object portions): AAT: 300266471
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
faces (animal or human components): AAT: 300251798
headbands (headgear): AAT: 300046115
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
Until 1976: Nora and John Wise, New York [1]
From 1976: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, The Nora and John Wise Collection, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jake L. Hamon, the Eugene McDermott Family, Mr. and Mrs. Algur H. Meadows and the Meadows Foundation, Incorporated, and Mr. and Mrs. John D. Murchison [1], [2]
[1] The main source for this provenance is existing information in TMS. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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