Four-Cornered Hat

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Four-Cornered Hat by unknown artist is a textile hat. The body of the hat is bell-shaped, wider at the bottom than the top. The hat is decorated with colorful squares containing animals. The colors used are red, green, yellow, white and black. The top of the hat is brown with a tuft of red material in the center and green material on either side. The bottom edge of the hat is frayed. The background of the image is a gradient from dark grey at the top to light grey at the bottom.