Humao

{{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) | 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 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, 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); 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) * Gat * Weimao

== See also == * Hanfu * Hufu * Hanfu headgear * List of hats and headgear * Liangmao * Mili (veil)

== References == {{Reflist}}

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