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Humao (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. 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), (2025). 9781588391261, Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 9781588391261 during the Mid-Tang dynasty. 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.
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
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