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Hat

1470–1535
Object PlaceArica, Chile
Medium/TechniqueCamelid fiber, feathers, cotton thread
Dimensions11 x 17.5 x 17.5 cm (4 5/16 x 6 7/8 x 6 7/8 in.) Height of hat without feathers.
Credit LineFrederick Brown Fund
Accession number1996.14
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceAbout 1960s, acquired in South America by Baron Louis d'Udekem d'Acoz (b. 1897 - d. 1973), Brussels [see note]; by descent to his daughter, Marie-Eliane d'Udekem d'Acoz, Brussels; 1991, sold by Marie-Eliane d'Udekem d'Acoz to David Bernstein Fine Art, New York; 1996, sold by David Bernstein Fine Art to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 24, 1996)

NOTE: According to a letter from Marie-Eliane d'Udekem d'Acoz of Brussels (September 10, 1995), this was one in a group of hats collected by her father in South America "some thirty years ago."
Folding fan
19th century
Woman's hat
late 18th century
Tunic
A.D. 400–800
Mantle(?)
A.D. 1000–1400
Child's tunic
1000–1476
Hat
Artist Unidentified
20th century, 1950–2000
19th century
Curtain/Olio/Act II
Dominic Di Mare
1979