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Photo: Paul Macapia
Hat
Photo: Paul Macapia

Hat

Label TextOne researcher has described the Huari as "a culture whose main design rule was to break the rules." While repeated geometric shapes are evident here, the figures are scattered apart into unrecognizable forms. Precise blocks of color demonstrate the dedication and skill devoted to mastering a vast array of natural dyes. Vegetable matter, minerals, animals and insects were sources of ingredients combined imaginatively by ancient dye specialists for a repertoire of over one hundred colors.
Object number50.38
Photo CreditPhoto: Paul Macapia
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Patterns of Fiber, Dec. 19, 1980 - Mar. 8, 1981. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Indigo, May 9, 2003 - Oct. 19, 2003. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Peru: Kingdoms of the Sun and the Moon, Oct. 17, 2013 - Jan. 5, 2014 (Montreal, Canada, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Feb. 2 - June 16, 2013).* Text by Victor Pimentel. Cat. no. 33, p. 347, not reproduced [*exhibition organized by Seattle Art Museum and circulated to Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; however, Four-cornered hat only shown in Seattle]. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Cosmic Beings in Mesoamerican and Andean Art, Nov. 10, 2018 - ongoing [on view Aug. 26, 2020 - Feb. 28, 2021].Published ReferencesHandbook, Seattle Art Museum: Selected Works from the Permanent Collections, Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1951, p. 100
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
DimensionsOverall h.: 7 in.
MediumPile woven and knotted alpaca wool and cotton
Pile technique head band
Peruvian
Object number: 46.145
Fragment of a Garden carpet
Persian
17th-18th century
Object number: 65.37
Saddle cover
Persian
19th century
Object number: 33.319
Rug
Persian
late 19th-early 20th century
Object number: 40.176
Embroidered square
Peruvian
Object number: 57.108
Persian
late 19th century - early 20th century
Object number: 40.177
Peruvian
Object number: 57.109
Headband:  ocular being holding trophy heads
Peruvian
ca. 200 - 100 B.C.
Object number: 46.112
Object number: 2001.299
Turban panel
Peruvian
ca. 1000 - 1470
Object number: 69.129
Textile fragment
Peruvian
Object number: 57.110