Cleveland Museum of Art

Four-Cornered Hat

Date

c. 400–1000

Medium

alpaca

Culture

Peru, South Andes or Chile, Northern Andes, Tiwanaku style, 5th-10th Century

Department

Textiles

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

A distinctive type of Tiwanaku and Wari headgear was a hat with four ear-like peaks rising from the corners. Depicted on warriors and other men who wear prestigious clothing and ornaments, the hats were made with knots, visible on all sides of this handsome Tiwanaku example. The hat is decorated with a pattern that includes a profile bird head.

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