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Four-cornered hat

A.D. 700–900
Object PlacePeru
Medium/TechniqueKnotted cotton ground with wool [camelid] pile
DimensionsHeight x circumference: 11.4 x 47.5 cm (4 1/2 x 18 11/16 in.)
Credit LineMrs. Cabot's Special Fund
Accession number47.1096
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
Provenance1941/1942, probably acquired in South America by Roland Terry (b. 1917 - d. 2006), Seattle; 1947, sold by Roland Terry to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1947)

Headband
A.D. 500–800
Headband
A.D. 500–800
Restricted: For reference only
late 17th or early 18th century
Shaped carpet
about 1650
Rug
19th century
Early Cross
Ed Rossbach
1967
Pictorial carpet
about 1590–1600
Rug
Ilums Bolighus (Danish department store)
about 1960–65
Group shot:  62.1126 (above), 62.1127 (below)
First half 19th century