Four-Cornered Hat

600-900 CE

15.1 cm 9.5 cm 14.8 cm

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Images on ceramics of men bearing weapons and wearing four-cornered hats suggest that this style was worn by military men. Indeed, such well-preserved ancient hats have been discovered in male graves, and not those of women. The hat’s form and decoration might have communicate...

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Purchased by Georgia de Havenon, New York; given to Walters Art Museum, 2016.
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