# Humao

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{{Short description|Veil-less hat in the Tang dynasty}}
{{Infobox Chinese
| pic = Tang Painted Pottery Female Figure (9833664025)|150px
| piccap = A female rider wearing the humao (veil-less hat) and a form of hood ([mili](/source/mili_(veil)))
| c = 胡帽
| p = Húmào
| l = Barbarian hat
}}

'''Humao''' ({{Lang-zh|c=胡帽|l=Barbarian hat}}) is a type of brim hat which was used in the [Tang dynasty](/source/Tang_dynasty) by both Chinese men and women when horse-riding.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Stepanov |first=T︠S︡vetelin |title=The Bulgars and the steppe empire in the early Middle Ages : the problem of the others |date=2010 |publisher=Brill |isbn=978-90-474-4452-7 |location=Leiden [The Netherlands] |oclc=695988846}}</ref>{{Rp|page=54}} Women of all social ranks (ranging from palace ladies to commoners) wore humao when horse-riding since the beginning of the Kaiyuan period (713–741 AD),<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |title=China : dawn of a golden age, 200-750 AD |date=2004 |publisher=Metropolitan Museum of Art |others=[James C. Y. Watt](/source/James_C._Y._Watt), Prudence Oliver Harper, Metropolitan Museum of Art |isbn=1-58839-126-4 |location=New York |oclc=55846475}}</ref>{{Rp|page=311}} during the Mid-Tang dynasty.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Xu |first=Zhuoyun |title=China : a new cultural history |date=2012 |publisher=Columbia University Press |others=Timothy Danforth Baker, Michael S. Duke |isbn=978-0-231-15920-3 |location=New York |oclc=730906510}}</ref>{{Rp|page=220}} The humao was a type of veil-less hat (which contrasted to the [weimao](/source/weimao)); therefore, it allowed for the faces and hair to be exposed.<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|page=311}}<ref name=":1" />{{Rp|page=220}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode="packed">

File:Horse and female rider, unfired clay and pigment, Tang Dynasty.JPG
File:Tang Pottery Horse & Rider (9948238646).jpg
File:Tang Pottery Horse and Rider.jpg
</gallery>

== Similar items ==
* [Damao (hat)](/source/Damao_(hat))
* [Gat](/source/Gat_(hat))
* [Weimao](/source/Weimao)

== See also ==
* [Hanfu](/source/Hanfu)
* [Hufu](/source/Hufu)
* [Hanfu headgear](/source/List_of_Hanfu_headwear)
* [List of hats and headgear](/source/List_of_hats_and_headgear)
* [Liangmao](/source/Liangmao_(hat))
* [Mili (veil)](/source/Mili_(veil))

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

Category:Chinese traditional clothing
Category:Chinese headgear
{{Types of Han Chinese clothing}}

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